** Shares of UK-based specialist staffing company Empresaria
Group EMPR.L fell as much as 13.8% to 53 pence
** Expects half-year profits to be down significantly
year-on-year
** Says softening of demand and slowing of hiring decision
seen across the group's businesses during the second half of
2022 have continued into 2023
** Sees full-year adjusted profit before tax to be about 7
million pounds
** Stock is down 5.95% YTD as of last close
(Reporting by Shreyaa Narayanan in Bengaluru)
((Shreyaa.Narayanan@thomsonreuters.com))