Would-be Dutch hybrid-electric aircraft developer Maeve Aerospace has collapsed, despite last year securing investment from SkyWest Airlines, putting an end to a development process characterised by endless changes to the design of its aircraft, FlightGlobal.com reported. Dutch insolvency documents show the business and parent company Green Transition Alliance were declared bankrupt on 28 May. Insolvency specialist Karlijn van Vliet of Cees Advocaten has been appointed as trustee.

KesselsKramer, the Amsterdam-based marketing agency behind the city's iconic “I amsterdam” branding campaign and the self-deprecating advertisements that made the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel internationally famous, was declared bankrupt after three major commercial assignments fell through unexpectedly, according to court-appointed curator Els Doornhein and company leadership, NLTimes.nl reported. The firm had received a suspension of payments prior to that. Curator Doornhein said that she is still investigating the causes of the collapse and is also examining whether a restart is possible.

Online scammers are exploiting the bankruptcy of Dutch home goods retailer Fonq in a coordinated fraud campaign that also echoes earlier schemes that followed the collapses of Casa and Blokker, according to Dutch authorities and consumer fraud monitors, NLTimes.nl reported. The Fraud Helpdesk confirmed it has received initial reports about fraudulent advertisements circulating on TikTok and Instagram that lure bargain hunters with promises of up to 90 percent discounts. The ads direct users to a fake website posing as an official Fonq liquidation store, AD reports.

A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered an investigation into mismanagement at chipmaker Nexperia BV ‌and upheld an October decision to suspend former CEO Zhang Xuezheng, the ‌founder of Nexperia's Chinese parent Wingtech, saying that the company needs stability, Reuters reported. The decision leaves control of the company ​in the hands of the European team that has overseen it since a Dutch state intervention led to a conflict over the firm that has disrupted automotive industry supply lines around the world.

Gravaa, the company behind an innovative on-board tire inflator, has declared bankruptcy, citing low sales during the current challenging market conditions for the bicycle industry, PinkBike reported. The Dutch company's product utilized a hub-based pump that can inflate or deflate the tires repeatedly via a tube connecting the pump to the valve.

Business bankruptcies in the Netherlands fell sharply in 2025, dropping 15 percent from a year earlier, but hospitality companies continued to fail at a faster pace than other sectors, according to new data released Monday by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), NLTimes.nl reported. A total of 3,636 businesses and institutions, including sole proprietorships, were declared bankrupt in 2025. That compares with 4,270 in 2024. The CBS data also show that accommodation and food services remained the most vulnerable sector, with the highest bankruptcy rate at the end of the year.