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November 2022

Products

Parents Raid Kids' Piggybanks as Cost of Living Reality Hits Home

Independent research from Metro Bank has revealed that six in ten parents (59%) have had to stop putting money into their child’s account since August 2020, and 12% have already dipped into their children’s savings to pay bills.

Community

Mike Wood MP Visits Merry Hill Metro Bank

Metro Bank, the community bank, recently welcomed Mike Wood, Member of Parliament for Dudley South and Councillor Adam Davies, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council to its Two Woods Lane store.

Community

Catherine West MP Visits Wood Green Metro Bank

Metro Bank, the community bank, recently welcomed Catherine West, Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green to its High Road store.

Community

Christmas Cheers

Amid the hustle and bustle of Swindon’s Cotswold’s Christmas Market, Metro Bank is extending a festive invite to all Swindon business owners to join them for some in store celebrations on Thursday November 17th from 5 – 6.30p.m.

Regional

Thame Workholding Completed MBO Mid Pandemic Thanks To Metro Bank’s Bespoke Funding Support

Thame Workholding - a world renowned UK manufacturer of chuck jaws and workholding equipment - successfully completed a management buy-out (MBO) mid pandemic, thanks to the bespoke funding support from Metro Bank.

Community

Metro Bank Helps with Career Inspiration for Hertsmere Youth

Metro Bank is just one of many local companies hoping to inspire Hertsmere school leavers and beyond to consider a career in banking at Generation Hertsmere being held on Wednesday 16 November at The Double Tree Hilton, Borehamwood.

Corporate

Metro Bank Named In Top Ten Most Loved UK Workplaces

Metro Bank was the only UK bank to be named in the top ten of Newsweek’s first annual rankings for the U.K.’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® list. The 2022 U.K.’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® are the result of a collaboration with the Best Practice Institute (BPI), a leadership development and benchmark research company.

Community

Metro Bank Raises over £2300 for Breast Cancer Awareness

The UK’s community bank, Metro Bank, recently joined thousands of others supporting Breast Cancer Now’s Wear It Pink and raised £2,338.00.

Community

Metro Bank Colleagues Join Marshalling Team at Love Luton RunFest

The UK’s community bank, Metro Bank, gives every colleague a Day to Amaze – a paid day off to support a local charity or good cause. Six colleagues from Metro Bank’s Luton store chose to volunteer for the Love Luton RunFest Marshalling team.

Corporate

Third Quarter 2022 Trading Update

Daniel Frumkin, Chief Executive Officer at Metro Bank, said: “I am really pleased to see the business return to profit in September on both an underlying and statutory basis. This performance reflects our tight control of both costs and risk, close management of our deposit franchise and lending channels, and the supportive prevailing interest rate environment, all of which help build a balance sheet that delivers sufficient margin to cover costs."

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