When growth is not a given

Europe is facing uncertain economic times. On the back end of macro-economic uncertainties, high energy costs, high recent inflation and geopolitical tensions including the US tariffs, market growth in Europe is no longer a given. The economic outlook for the European market in the coming years is expected to remain limited and to slow further in the long term, potentially further impacted by recent tariffs in global trade. Therefore, private equity owners face a pressing question: How to speed up growth in a stagnating market environment?

Consequently, European companies need to adapt to a situation of structural low market volume growth. Private equity owners need to take the lead to ensure a timely change.

From reactive to proactive growth in Europe

For more than a decade, companies have been used to a situation of long-term stability and underlying market growth and have been able to rely on government intervention to…