Empresaria (AIM: EMR), the international specialist staffing group, provided a trading update ahead of its Annual General Meeting today.

“Empresaria has made a strong start to 2021 with positive momentum developing in many parts of the group,” the group stated.

“While there remain some ongoing challenges and risks from Covid-19, visibility of the remainder of the year is improving,” Empresaria stated.

The group now expects adjusted profit before tax for both the first half and full year 2021 to be ahead of 2020.

Empresaria offers temporary and contract recruitment, permanent recruitment and offshore recruitment services across 6 sectors: Professional; IT; Healthcare; Property, Construction and Engineering; Commercial and Offshore Recruitment Services.

Last week the group announced that it made two senior appointments as part of its plans to strengthen and broaden its leadership team. Julie Smith joined Empresaria as Regional CEO, UK & Europe while Rafael Moyano also joined the group as Regional CEO, APAC.