UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Jan. 29

(Adds futures, company news items) Jan 29 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 futures were up 1.3 percent at 0709 GMT, ahead of the cash market open. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on * The UK blue chip index fell 1 percent at 5,931.78 points by the close on Thursday, weighed down by Ashtead Group Plc and travel stocks hit by rising oil prices. * SKY: Sky said James Murdoch, son of founder Rupert Murdoch, would rejoin as chairman as the European