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Giuseppe Bernoni took part in the 28th Ambrosetti Finance Workshop focused on “The outlook for the Economy and Finance”.

The catastrophe announced after the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union has not happened.

While global optimism rises, businesses in Italy still suffer from the uncertain climate, though business performance indicators are strong.

Gabriele Felici is lecturer at the Training Course for Over-indebtedness Crisis Management, on 3 and 10 March in Rome.

Gabriele Felici, partner of Bernoni Grant Thornton, is a lecturer at the Advance Training Course for Over-indebtedness Crisis Management held in Ferrara on January 30, 2017.

Since the beginning of his activity in the ‘60s, Giuseppe Bernoni Since the beginning of his activity, he has always worked industriously and demonstrated that what had been started as an intuition completely against the mainstream in those days could become the key for success. The professional career of Mr. Bernoni has its roots in the awareness that any profession related to the legal and economic environment implies a complexity that does not allow people to work alone.

Alessandro Dragonetti, Managing Partner and Head of Tax of Bernoni Grant Thornton on January 19, 2017 took part in "Report - Il TG della Finanza" (Report – Financial News), broadcasted live every evening on Class CNBC. The topics discussed during the live news, presented by anchorwoman Jole Saggese were many: from ECB monetary policy decisions and Brexit to the economic plan of the new US president, Donald Trump, without forgetting Luxottica-Essilor merger as well as some reflections on succession planning of family businesses.

According to the latest data by the Bank of Italy SMEs still experience difficulties to access finance. “Tax incentives are one of the most effective tools to boost investments” declared Giuseppe Bernoni, “from benefits for companies investing in R&D and new technology, to measures for innovative start-ups, to the extension of terms for the application of exceptional depreciation rates.” And as an alternative to bank financing: “Incentives to companies reinvesting financial proceeds or to shareholders subscribing capital increases to fuel growth.”

The award ceremony of the project “I Fuoriclasse della scuola” - an initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of education and the Italian foundation for financial education (Fondazione per l’educazione finanziaria e al risparmio), aimed at supporting young talents through philanthropic donations - was held in Turin on 18 November 2016. Bernoni Grant Thornton sponsored a scholarship for the “Economics” sector, which was awarded by Alessandro Dragonetti (Managing Partner and Head of Tax) to Marco Nicolini, a student of the Lunardi Institute in Brescia.

New research from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report – a quarterly global survey of 2,600 business executives in 37 economies – reveals a decrease in the optimism of Italian companies for the next 12 months. Italian businesses expect a decrease in export and employment and an upturn of the domestic demand. Optimism in Italy fell 6 percentage points with respect to the previous quarter, but less than in UK, Spain (both down 19pp) and France (-18pp).

Giulio Tedeschi, Partner at Bernoni Grant Thornton and Contract Professor of Best practice methodology with the Department of Economics at Università Cattolica in Milan, collaborated in drafting the volume “Il bilancio di esercizio: profili aziendali, giuridici e principi contabili” (Financial Statements: corporate and legal issues and accounting principles), by Prof. Angelo Palma, published by Giuffrè. In particular, he authored chapter XII: “from operating income to taxable income”.

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