Insights

The mid-market is at a tipping point. While large organisations are scaling back their efforts on diversity, equity and inclusion, mid-market businesses are demonstrating that investing in equity is not idealism, but business insight.

Global optimism among mid-market business leaders softened slightly in Q4 2025. Conversely, concern about economic uncertainty dropped significantly in Q4 compared to Q3.

In the next edition of Grant Thornton’s series on trending international insights, we examine how disruption can offer the mid-market an opportunity to grow and differentiate themselves from their competitors.

The cyber resilience of Dutch businesses is under pressure. The most recent figures from the International Business Report (IBR) show that the number of significant cyber incidents in SMEs and the mid-market is rising sharply.