Cost Cutting and Loyalty Clash as German Family Firms Struggle to Find Successors

For the first time, more owners of German small and mid‐sized businesses intend to shut down their operations than to arrange a proper succession. That finding, published on 18 July 2026 by the Portal der Wirtschaft, marks a structural shift in a sector that has long been the backbone of the country’s economy. In the [...] The post Cost Cutting and Loyalty Clash as German Family Firms Struggle to Find Successors appeared first on NewsCase .