Trading Update

Empresaria Group PLC 23 February 2006 Empresaria Group Plc ('Empresaria' or the 'Group') Year End Trading Update Ahead of entering its close period, Empresaria Group plc provides the following trading update. The Board is pleased to report continued strong growth in revenues and profit. It is confident that the Group's financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2005 will meet market expectations. It will announce Preliminary results on Monday 24 April 2006. The Group is making good progress towards becoming a balanced, international specialist staffing company. The operations in Japan and the USA (both investments in start-ups made over the past 15 months) continue to perform ahead of expectations. The recent Australian acquisition, Monroe Consulting Group, has integrated well and offers the potential for operations in south-east Asia. Further possible start-ups and acquisitions in fast growing staffing markets overseas are being assessed. Meanwhile, the Group's good performance in its UK businesses in the closing months of 2005 has continued into 2006. Progress on the development of the business will be reported further with the Preliminary Results. ENDS For further information contact: Miles Hunt, Chief Executive, Empresaria Group plc Tel: 01293 649903 Nick Hall-Palmer, Group Finance Director, Empresaria Group plc Tel: 01293 649906 Editors' note: Empresaria is a diversified recruitment group built on the philosophy of management equity. It comprises 25 companies operating in five broad market sectors including Financial Services, Construction and Property Services, Supply Chain, Public Sector and Specialist Brands, with each company being partly owned by its management team. The group employs over 300 staff in over 30 locations including UK, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, and China. Shares are traded on AiM. Links: Empresaria Group plc website: www.empresaria.com AiM website: www.londonstockexchange.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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