SMEs and Coronavirus : Grant Thornton launches Clever Desk

The Italian member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd launches a “clever” consultancy platform to support Italian businesses in this particularly difficult moment due to the spread of Covid-19 virus.

Milan, 25 March 2020 – Clever Desk is the new free consultalcy platform launched by Bernoni Grant Thornton, Italian member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd network, providing tax, corporate, advisory, HR and outsourcing services.

The main purpose of Clever Desk is to support businesses managing the financial, tax, corporate, and payroll consequences of the current Coronavirus health emergency, but is also a way to adapt to changes and take the growth and development opportunities that can derive from this situation.

The “Cura Italia” decree, issued by the Italian Government on 17 March, is a complex and unprecedented package including 126 articles aimed at safeguard the Italian economy from the devastating consequences of the current emergency. Entrepreneurs and enterirpses, particularly small and medium enterprises, which are typical in the Italian entrepreneurial landscape, will receive from Clever Desk a valid support with the interpretation and implementation of the provisions introduced by the decree, thanks to the work of expert and specialized professionals.

Therefore, your first contact with the Clever Desk will be two reference partners – Davide Gabriele Savian and Federico Feroci –, who, due to their interdisciplinary experience, can guide businesses and entrepreneurs and direct each specific request to the most appropriate team in the organization.

Davide Gabriele Savian, partner at Bernoni Grant Thornton and partner in charge of the Clever Desk states: “Through this new desk, we are addressing entrepreneurs and SMEs, the pillar of our economy, that are going through an unparalleled critical phase and need a multi-functional and specialized support at the same time, based on a highly pragmatic and proactive approach.

Among the services we can offer to businesses, there are: advisory services, particularly those referred to the management of current loans and the possibility to benefit from contributions and other forms of funding through soft  financing instruments; tax services; HR consultancy; assistance with the preparation of financial statements; assistance with tax litigtion and tax collection.

We want to become the link with those entrepreneurs who, during this emergency, would like to transform part of their production lines to manufacture all those products that are essential to help fighting the spread of the virus”.

The new desk will rely on the support of Grant Thornton professionals, who will be happy to respond to your requests sent at the e-mail address cleverdesk@bgt.it.gt.com or at the following dedicated telephone numbers: +39 02 00633966 and +39 02 30466266.  

Further details on all services offered through Clever Desk are available on Bernoni Grant Thornton website.