Dutch productivity rebound resets 2026 planning Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation ? In 2025, Dutch GDP rose by 1.8%, while total hours worked fell by 0.6%. That implies roughly a 2.4% increase in output per hour. Household consumption grew 1.5%, exports 2.4%, ... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Apr 21, 2026 MARKET
Supreme Court narrows supervisory director liability Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? On 30 January 2026, the Dutch Supreme Court partly overturned a ruling on supervisory director liability. The core issue was not whether the supervisory directors failed in supe... COURT CASE COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 21, 2026 RULINGS
Dutch tourism grew, but Dutch demand weakened Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? CBS provisional data for 2025 shows 52.2 million guests in Dutch accommodation, up 1.8%. But the real shift is in composition: foreign guests rose 4.8% to 22.3 million, while do... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Apr 20, 2026 MARKET
Court confirms mismanagement in failed joint venture Paolo Maria Pavan What is the situation? On 15 January 2026, the Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber confirmed mismanagement at Envinity-VFA B.V., a 50/50 joint venture between Clean Air and Greenvironmental. The court remove... COURT CASE COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 20, 2026 RULINGS
The Slow Moment When Pressure Becomes Distortion Paolo Maria Pavan It began earlier, in the quiet phase, when the pressure was already too high and I still insisted on calling it normal. That is the dangerous part. Collapse rarely starts with drama. More often, it st... Founder Journal Paolo Maria Pavan Apr 20, 2026 FOUNDER JOURNAL
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
