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When the Jobs Don’t Come Back: Reading the Labour Market Drift of Q1 2025

by Paolo Maria Pavan

When Silence Becomes a Signal We often talk about “confidence” as if it were a mood—fleeting, reactive, psychological. But confidence is infrastructure. It is the unseen scaffolding that holds a marke...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

May 12, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Spring Memorandum 2025: The Fog of Reform in a Season of Fatigue

by Linda Pavan

The Spring That Forgot to Bloom Imagine standing in a field just after winter. You expect growth, color, air. Instead, you find dry earth, last year’s dust, and a government holding a watering can fil...

Linda Pavan TAX

May 12, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

The Netherlands and the Wealth Illusion: Why Fourth Place Isn’t Victory—Yet

by Paolo Maria Pavan

INTRODUCTION: THE GOLDEN MIRROR When Statistics Netherlands (CBS) published the 2024 GDP per capita rankings, the headline looked like a national medal: “The Netherlands ranks fourth in the EU, with €...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

May 11, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Heritage Risk Is Not the Past: It’s the Company You Keep

by Laura De Troia

Heritage Risk and the Hidden Ecosystem: A Conversation Between Laura and Linda Laura — Head of Success @ Xtroverso At Xtroverso, we don’t “tick boxes.” We read risk the way an architect reads a terrai...

ES IT Laura De Troia Linda Pavan NL THIRD PARTY RISK

May 11, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

A Bully Always Wants More

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Beast at the Border: Why Digital Sovereignty Begins with Saying No You can put a necktie on a wolf. It’s still a predator. And the scent of weakness only sharpens its hunger. In boardrooms and pol...

Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

May 10, 2025 WISE

Excessive Borrowing Act: When Compliance Replaces Understanding

by Linda Pavan

Purpose or Panic? The Excessive Borrowing Act (Wet excessief lenen bij eigen BV) was not born in a vacuum. It emerged from a legitimate concern: director-major shareholders (DGAs) who borrow millions ...

COMPLIANCE ES IT Linda Pavan NL

May 10, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

Confidence Falls Again

by Paolo Maria Pavan

It starts with a silence Not a crash. Not a panic. Just a quiet hesitation. A business owner delays a new hire. Another puts off a technology investment. A builder pauses before committing to a long-t...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

May 9, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Shortcut That May Cost Us the Map

by Paolo Maria Pavan

“It’s not the price. It’s the path.” On May 8th, with a handshake framed by flags and flashbulbs, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Donald Trump inked a deal that was branded as “trade relief.” Lower ta...

Paolo Maria Pavan WISE

May 8, 2025 WISE

Why Helping You Could Cost Us: The New Reality of Tax Enforcement

by Linda Pavan

Strategic Context: From Personal Risk to Shared Responsibility Since 1 July 2009, Dutch tax law has quietly reshaped its power dynamics. With the introduction of the Fourth Tranche Awb , fines for tax...

COMPLIANCE ES IT Linda Pavan NL

May 8, 2025 LINDA PAVAN

Small Business, Global Exposure: Navigating 2025 When Local Isn't Safe Anymore

by Paolo Maria Pavan

2025 presents no visible crash—yet most micro and small companies in the Netherlands feel something tightening. Delays have become routine. Clients hesitate longer. Supplier conditions change without ...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

May 7, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Vital Importance of Timely Annual Account Filing for Dutch BVs

by Linda Pavan

A Tale of Two Scenarios: Compliance vs. Consequences Picture this: a well-established Dutch BV has been operating successfully for years. Everything seems to be going smoothly—until the annual account...

ES IT Linda Pavan NL THIRD PARTY RISK

May 6, 2025 RISK INTELLIGENCE

April Inflation Hits 4.1%: A Wake-Up Call for Entrepreneurs

by Paolo Maria Pavan

The Signal Beneath the Percentage According to the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), inflation in the Netherlands rose to 4.1% in April , up from 3.1% in March. That may sound like a technical...

DUTCH ECONOMY Paolo Maria Pavan

May 5, 2025 WISE

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