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%.
44.6% of mid-market businesses globally now have a female Chief finance officer (CFO) – a figure that’s nearing gender parity
During the Open Innovative PMI Award, the Observatory of the University of Pisa will report on SMEs’ situation
Mid-market businesses are turning to private equity to fund their growth
Bernoni Grant Thornton Chairman Giuseppe Bernoni comments on a tax reform for companies and self-employed.
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Grant Thornton Financial Advisory Services assisted Agrimola in the acquisition of La Nuova Tradizione S.r.l
