Orders Taken After Control Was Lost Paolo Maria Pavan What happened ? On 2 April 2026, the North Holland sub-district court in Zaanstad held two indirect directors personally liable after Tuinmaterialen.nl BV took customer deposits for garden projects it... COURT CASE COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 18, 2026 RULINGS
Labour Stays Tight Despite Slight Unemployment Drop Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? Dutch unemployment fell slightly to 4.0% in March 2026, down from 4.1% in February 2026, and stood at 407,000 unemployed people. At the same time, 202,100 people were still rece... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Apr 17, 2026 MARKET
Locked box means locked, even after closing Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? On 11 February 2026, the Amsterdam District Court ordered seller Concha Beheer B.V. to repay €175,000 to buyer Select Nederland B.V., plus interest, €2,525 in collection costs, ... COURT CASE COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 17, 2026 RULINGS
I Thought I Was Tired. I Was Already Losing Clarity Paolo Maria Pavan That is how it started. Not with collapse. Not with panic. Not with some dramatic moment in which the whole truth arrived at once. It started with a sentence that sounded reasonable, adult, almost res... Founder Journal Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 17, 2026 FOUNDER JOURNAL
Burnout rises as focus work concentrates Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation ? TNO and CBS report that 72% of Dutch employees in 2025 say their tasks often or always require close attention, down from 75% in 2015. At the same time, burnout complaints rose... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Apr 16, 2026 MARKET
Forced shareholder exit over financing risk Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? On 5 February 2026, the Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber granted an expulsion request against shareholder Leta Capital Fund III LP in C Teleport B.V. The court ordered Leta to trans... COURT CASE COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 16, 2026 RULINGS
Dutch housing now distorts hiring Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? More than 20% of homeless people in the Netherlands have work. At the same time, the housing shortage is about 400,000 homes, or roughly 5% of stock. Private rents reached about... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Apr 15, 2026 MARKET
Statutory sale obligation, but no forced transfer yet Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? On 9 March 2026, the interim relief judge (a judge handling urgent legal matters before the main trial) in Utrecht rejected a claim to force the immediate transfer of a 50% shar... COURT CASE COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 15, 2026 RULINGS
When a Business Starts to Feel Heavier Than It Should Paolo Maria Pavan That is the part many founders miss. They keep saying they are busy, under pressure, in a difficult season. They use respectable language for what is actually happening. But a business can become heav... Founder Journal Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 15, 2026 FOUNDER JOURNAL
Dutch exports cool as buyers hesitate Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation ? Dutch goods export volume rose 1.6% year on year in February 2026, after 1.4% in January and 6.8% in December 2025. Goods imports fell 0.3%. CBS reports growth from machinery, ... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Apr 14, 2026 MARKET
Director ban after €6.7 million investor collapse Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? A Dutch court held five defendants fully liable for MBMO Group’s €7.22 million collapse, citing a €1 million advance and a five-year director ban. The estate holds only about €1... COURT CASE COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 14, 2026 RULINGS
Dutch bankruptcies are the new normal Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation ? In March 2026, Dutch business bankruptcies rose 12% to 301 cases, and the bankruptcy rate increased to 8.1 per 100,000 companies from 7.4 a year earlier. This elevated bankrupt... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Apr 13, 2026 MARKET
