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May 2021

Community

Walk For Pace

Ella Mitchell, Nick Divers, Maciej Gasiorowski, Paul Wallis, Sim Sahotay and Bali Aujla – all colleagues from the Metro Banks in High Wycombe and Aylesbury donated time, food and drink to support the hundreds of walkers taking part in the Big Walk for The Pace Centre.

Community

Metro Bank Launches Its First Start-Up Collaboration Programme

Metro Bank is launching its first start-up accelerator programme: Metro Bank Magic Makers, run in partnership with corporate innovation specialists, L Marks. Since its launch in 2010, Metro Bank has prided itself on taking a new approach to banking and has always been committed to helping SMEs grow and thrive. Through the 10-week immersive Magic Makers programme, successful start-ups will have access to first-class mentorship from Metro Bank senior stakeholders, gaining insights from leading experts in the finance sector and having the opportunity to test and validate their solutions.

Community

Building Success

A boom in the construction industry created unprecedented demand for the Target Group which specialises in digger, dumper and access platform hire across Colchester and Ipswich, London and Kent.

Product

Metro Bank ups income multiple for professionals and high earners whilst bolstering 95% LTV offering

Metro Bank has released three significant product upgrades for its growing number of borrowers, the specialist lender reveals.

Community

Fulham Broadway Metro Bank Dig Deep With Day To Amaze

The UK’s best community bank, Metro Bank, gives every colleague a Day to Amaze – essentially a paid day off to support a local charity or good cause. Colleagues from Metro Bank’s Fulham Broadway store chose to use their Days to Amaze as volunteers for their local Age UK activity centre.

Community

Sign Up

To commemorate Deaf Awareness Week (3rd-9th May) colleagues from Metro Bank’s Hemel Hempstead store undertook a number of exercises to improve their understanding of what deaf and hard of hearing customers experience.

Community

Wolverhampton Workers Walk for Women’s Aid

Metro Bank colleagues from the Wolverhampton store have strapped on their walking boots to fund raise £619 for Women’s Aid.

Product

Dog friendly Metro Bank offers pet insurance as pet ownership soars during pandemic

Metro Bank today unveils a new partnership with the insurer Cardif Pinnacle via its Everypaw brand, to offer a suite of pet insurance products for dogs, cats and rabbits.

Business

Pandemic sets back competition in banking, leaving consumers and SMEs worse off

New research by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) in partnership with Metro Bank has revealed the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic has set back competition in banking.

Community

Kids Count On Metro Bank For Money Lessons

Pupils from Prior Western Primary School usually enjoy banking, saving and budgeting lessons as part of Metro Bank’s Money Zone programme, but this year’s COVID restrictions meant that their Year 5 pupils would be the first group in three years to miss out.

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