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.
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.
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%.
Grant Thornton Financial Advisory Services assisted Trasporti Romagna, a company owned by IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR and Unigrains and led by Simone Romagna, in purchasing An.Ri Trans.
On 29 March 2017 the conference on opportunities and tax risks for multinational companies will be held in Milan.
Results of IBR Women in business 2017: globally, 25% of senior roles is held by women, in Italy, 27%.
The new GDPR introduces stricter requirements on all business activities involving personal data processing.
On 16 March 2017, the conference “Brexit: a challenge, an opportunity” will be held at Unindustria premises in Rome.
Many events and initiatives are scheduled and are aimed at discussing important news and topics for economic operators.
Ed Nusbaum, Global CEO of Grant Thornton International Ltd, visits the Milan office of Bernoni Grant Thornton.
Merger and acquisition activity is escalating, but how do companies ensure deals do not turn sour?
Gabriele Felici is lecturer at the Training Course for Over-indebtedness Crisis Management, on 3 and 10 March in Rome.
The Italian Budget Law for 2017 introduced new provisions to encourage “high net worth individuals” to move to Italy.
The obligation to submit data relevant to imports from San Marino through the “Polivalente” form has been abolished.
Set a clear vision, have a clear sense of the value proposition, have a deep understanding of the dynamics of an Advisory Practice, be able to deliver on the promise, understand the type of people you need.
2017 Budget Law has introduced a new taxation procedure for income deriving from sole proprietorships.
Cybersecurity is a very current topic . No organization, large or small, can be considered immune from the possibility of attacks. It is therefore necessary to become aware of this phenomenon and to put in place the infrastructure and procedures that minimize and, if possible, avoid these risks knowing fully well that any policy must be monitored and updated to adapt to the risks that constantly evolve and change.
Eugenio De Chiara, Manager at Bernoni Grant Thornton, contributed to a volume on corporate welfare, smart businesses and well-being at work authored by Prof. Luca Pesenti of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. In particular, De Chiara wrote a chapter dedicated to tax aspects of corporate welfare, in the light of the amendments introduced by Law n. 208/2015.
Here is an analysis about the treatment of reverse mergers from the perspective of international accounting standards, and offers also some considerations on the regulation of abuse of rights.
