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IBR Global mid-market optimism drops six points

The Iran war has seen global mid-market business optimism fall sharply: in Q1 2026 just 68% of business leaders had optimistic expectation on the global outlook of their country, a marked six points fall from the previous quarter. This is the main takeaway on Q1 2026 from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a quarterly survey on over 4,000 business leaders of mid-market businesses globally.

27 Apr 2026
Press Release Women in Business 2026

91.4% of Italian managers in SMEs declare to consider a company’s gender equality initiatives when applying for a new role, as resulting from the Grant Thornton 2026 Women in Business report, a global survey which has been analysing the progresses of women’s presence in C-suite roles within mid-market businesses for more than 20 years.

12 Mar 2026
IBR Slight decrease in optimism for mid-market businesses globally

According to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), in Q4 2025 optimism about an economic recovery is down 2 percentage points among mid-market businesses globally, whereas it remains stable in the EU and is up 1 point in Italy at 61%.

Alessandro Dragonetti
| 05 Feb 2026
Alert New limit on cash transfers

Art. 1, para 384, letter b) of Budget Law 2023 (Law no. 197/2022) increased the limit on cash transfers from 1,000 Euro to 5,000 Euro starting from 01 January 2023

28 Feb 2023
Publications Simonetta La Grutta contributor of the EU VAT Compass

The contribution by Simonetta La Grutta concerns the regulations introduced in the Italian VAT system.

Simonetta La Grutta
| 1 min read | 29 Aug 2022
Tax Special tax regime for inbound – updates and novelties of 2021

Article 16 of the Law Decree n. 147/2015 introduced a special tax regime addressed to skilled EU citizens

5 min read | 18 Mar 2022
Press Release Women in Business 2022

According to Women in Business report, women hold 32% of leading positions in 2022

4 min read | 15 Mar 2022
Press release Grant Thornton launches its new “Digital” division

Grant Thornton announced the launch of Grant Thornton Digital

3 min read | 14 Feb 2022
Press release Open Innovative PMI 2021 award: the winners

The award ceremony for the Open Innovative PMI Award was held on 11 November 2021

Alessandro Dragonetti
| 9 min read | 24 Nov 2021
Corriere della Sera The jungle of 50,000 pending tax litigations

Our Chairman, Giuseppe Bernoni, was interviewed by Corriere della Sera on the reform of tax litigations

Giuseppe Bernoni
| 2 min read | 13 Oct 2021
Press release Open Innovative PMI award: applications are now open

The award has come to its fifth edition. Applications open until 30 September 2021.

Federico Feroci
| 3 min read | 02 Sep 2021
Publications Simonetta La Grutta contributor of the EU VAT Compass

The contribution by Simonetta La Grutta concerns the regulations introduced in the Italian VAT system.

Simonetta La Grutta
| 1 min read | 04 Aug 2021
Global Business Pulse What are future perspectives of financial services?

We asked Grant Thornton experts to explain the climate of the market and to provide their suggestions for 2021

Renato Sesana
| 7 min read | 03 Aug 2021
Press release Business optimism on the rise again, especially in Italy

69% of global businesses are optimistic about an economic recovery in the next 12 months.

Alessandro Dragonetti
| 3 min read | 09 Jul 2021
Press release Grant Thornton supports the Greek Theatre of Syracuse

Grant Thornton supports the awaited theatre season of the Greek Theatre of Syracuse

1 min read | 09 Jul 2021
Press release Grant Thornton supports the Festival of Economics in Trento

For the fifth year in a row, Grant Thornton is sponsoring the Festival of Economics

Alessandro Dragonetti
| 4 min read | 11 May 2021
Talent & Skill Grant Thornton sponsors the “Industria Felix” Award

Grant Thornton sponsors the “Industria Felix” Award again this year

Giulio Tedeschi
| 1 min read | 03 May 2021
Earth Day Sustainability as a business strategy

Our Partner, Lorenzo Carminati, shares his thoughts on sustainability on the occasion of the Earth Day

2 min read | 22 Apr 2021
Press release Mid-market companies focus on internationalization to grow

24% of Italian companies expect to increase their revenues outside their domestic markets

Alessandro Dragonetti
| 5 min read | 16 Apr 2021
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