Will Chalk

1 week ago | marketplace.org | Leanna Byrne |Nancy Marshall-Genzer |Nova Safo |Will Chalk

Mar 19, 2025Changes to the way we sign up for Social Security will require more people to show up to field offices in person. Segments From This Episodeby Nancy Marshall-GenzerAdditional identity requirements for those signing up for Social Security could boost visitors to field offices that already have long waits. A presidential appointee has removed more than a dozen board members at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

2 weeks ago | ashurst.com | Will Chalk |Rob Hanley

In AGC Update, Issue 63 - Item 10, we noted that directors of companies registered with Companies House (including overseas directors of both UK companies and UK 'establishments') will, from 8 April 2025, be able to verify their identity on a voluntary basis. Companies House guidance on how to do so can be accessed here. How can a director voluntarily verify their identity?

1 month ago | ashurst.com | Will Chalk |Rob Hanley

The Financial Reporting Council has published revised guidance on the 'Going concern basis of accounting and related reporting, including solvency and liquidity risks' having concluded its consultation launched in August 2024 (see AGC Update, Issue 55 – Item 7 for more on the consultation; the feedback statement can be found here).

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Leanna Byrne |David Brancaccio |Dylan Miettinen |Will Chalk

Is that a soccer jersey? Or music merch? Why not both? The biggest sports teams are fashion brands in their own right, with people all around the world wearing merch from the likes of the New York Yankees. But how can a team tap into that market when it isn’t even fully pro?

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Will Chalk

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. The biggest sports teams are fashion brands in their own right — with people all around the world wearing merch from the likes of the New York Yankees, The Dallas Cowboys or Real Madrid. But how do you tap into that market when your team isn’t even fully pro? In terms of glitz and glamour, soccer team Maltby Main FC, in the north of England, is about as far from the Super Bowl or the World Series as you could imagine.