Jay-Z creates 150 jobs as UK reports more train strikes | VERY Brief Headline #uknews #jayz #strikes

Here’s what you need to know with our brief headlines from City AM 📰 1. People should use their common sense when joking around colleagues, lawyers have warned, amid a rise in people taking offense to comments – and complaining to managers and the courts. 2. A licensed sports merchandise group backed by rapper Jay-Z has created 150 jobs and slashed its losses, new documents have revealed. The UK arm of Fanatics, which is based in Manchester, increased its headcount to 732 while its pre-tax losses reduced from £9.3m to £1.9m in 2022, newly-filed accounts with Companies House show. 3. The UK’s train drivers’ union has announced further strikes in February, escalating the long-running dispute over pay and conditions. ASLEF members from LNER will walk-out from 5 February for five days, tacking onto the end of seven days of industrial action already scheduled to begin on Tuesday 29 January.