Linda Pavan Knowledge Migrant Scheme Tightening: What It Means for Small Entrepreneurs The Dutch cabinet is preparing to tighten the rules around the knowledge migrant program. Minister Van Hijum’s goal is clear: combat abuse and safeguard the Dutch business climate. For owners of micro... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Aug 14, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Slowness as Ecological Leadership When my grandfather ran his company, he was known for two things: never missing a handshake and never rushing a decision. He read contracts slowly, not because he doubted himself, but because he respe... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 13, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan July’s Dutch Business Numbers: The Calm, the Churn, and the Illusion of Growth In July 2025, 299 companies were declared bankrupt in the Netherlands. That’s 109 fewer than the same month in 2024 , a 27% drop, and 4% fewer than in June. At first glance, this is the kind of number... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 13, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan Directors’ Liability Under EU Law: A Wake-Up Call for Small Business Owners The Ruling You Cannot Ignore On 11 July 2025 , the Dutch Supreme Court confirmed that Article 36(4) of the Invorderingswet 1990 (IW 1990), the Dutch directors’ liability scheme for unpaid tax debts — ... COMPLIANCE ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Aug 13, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan The Danger of Being Your Business’s Single Point of Failure The Parachute That Never Opens Years ago, I met a small business owner who proudly told me, “Nothing moves without me.” He meant it as proof of his dedication. Two months later, he was hospitalised af... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 12, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Dutch Inflation Cools to 2.9% in July 2025 When I look at the July 2025 inflation figure, 2.9% year-on-year, down from 3.1% in June,I don’t just see a number. I see a pulse. A soft beat in the economic bloodstream telling us the patient,our ma... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 12, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan BV or Sole Proprietorship: Don’t Let a Legal Form Fool You The False Comfort of a BV In the past few months, I’ve seen an unmistakable trend: entrepreneurs abandoning their sole proprietorships and rushing to set up a private limited company (BV) . The Chambe... COMPLIANCE ES IT Linda Pavan NL Aug 12, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Inclusion Is More Than a Buzzword The Teacup in the Corner In the corner of my office sits a chipped porcelain teacup. It belonged to my mother. No one drinks from it. It’s just there, visible, silent, and part of the room. Years ago,... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 11, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan The 0.7% That Speaks Volumes Numbers are often treated like weather forecasts,glanced at, maybe discussed, then forgotten. But behind each percentage point, there is a story about how we live, choose, adapt, and sometimes contrad... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 11, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Linda Pavan VAT Deduction Update as of July 1, 2025, What Micro and Small Entrepreneurs in the Netherlands Need to Know Why This Update Matters On July 1, 2025, the Ministry of Finance issued a new decree refining the rules on VAT deduction . While this may sound like another layer of fiscal complexity, for entrepreneu... ES IT Linda Pavan NL TAX Aug 11, 2025 LINDA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Lean Infrastructure as ESG Logic The Shelves in My Grandfather’s Workshop When I was a child, my grandfather’s workshop had only three shelves. Not four, not five. Three. One for tools, one for materials, one for the work in progress... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 8, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Dutch Industry’s June Dip: A Story About Margins, Machines, and the Meaning Behind the Numbers We live in an age obsessed with percentages. The Dutch industry in June produced 0.2 percent less than the same month last year, says CBS. A fraction of a percentage,easy to ignore. But every fraction... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 8, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
