Metro Bank Chairman, Vernon Hill, was last night awarded the prestigious Free Enterprise Award from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). Presented by Lord Norman Lamont, previous Chancellor of the Exchequer, Hill received the award at an exclusive ceremony hosted at Metro Bank in Holborn.
Metro Bank continues its fast paced expansion with the grand opening of its 18th store in Slough, its first with a drive-thru facility, on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th May. To mark the opening, the UK’s most revolutionary bank will be holding two days of celebrations. Slough residents visiting the unique store will experience an array of entertainment; including stilt walkers, popcorn, performing dogs, balloons and music, as well as a new, convenient customer focused bank.
Metro Bank continues its expansion this week with the opening of its 17th store in Guildford, Surrey. To mark the opening, the UK’s most revolutionary bank will be holding two days of celebrations on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th April. Guildford residents visiting the store will experience an array of entertainment including stilt walkers, popcorn, performing dogs, balloons and music, as well as a new, convenient customer focused bank.
Metro Bank, the first new High Street bank in more than 100 years, is proud to announce the inclusion of its Head of Private Banking, Kirsty MacArthur (33), on the 2013 Private Asset Managers (PAM) Top 40 under 40 list.
The Chancellor promised a Budget 'for people who aspire to work hard and get on’, and this was certainly a budget that was aimed at boosting employment. In particular we welcome announced cuts to the employer National Insurance contributions. As a fast growing company, Metro Bank understands that growth is a major priority of most businesses. In just three years we’ll have created over 1,000 new jobs, and recognise that the cost of hiring people can be a major barrier to growth for many companies. Anything that can alleviate this must be welcomed with open arms.
Craig Donaldson, Chief Executive of Metro Bank comments on today’s Funding for Lending figures: “The Funding for Lending Scheme was introduced to help stimulate our economy through increasing lending to individuals and small businesses. Today’s figures show that there’s certainly more work to be done with some of the market players, but Metro Bank is a great example of how the scheme is working and we’re very proud of that.
Metro Bank, the revolutionary high street bank, is pleased to announce an amazing reward for new current account customers to help them ‘perk up’. From today, Metro Bank is giving all new customers £3 pre-loaded onto their debit cards so they can get a free coffee after opening an account.
Metro Bank continues its expansion this week with the opening of its 16th store in Sutton, South London. To mark the opening, the UK’s most revolutionary bank will be holding two days of celebrations on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th of February. Sutton residents visiting the store will experience entertainment including free food, stilt walkers, popcorn, performing dogs, balloons and music, as well as a new, convenient customer focused bank.
Craig Donaldson, Chief Executive of Metro Bank comments on today’s announcement from the Chancellor on the introduction of the seven day switch: “We welcome today’s increased focus on switching in the current account market. The ‘seven day switch’ is an important move that will do great good by increasing public confidence in the switching process. Customers tell us that they’re worried about the process, when in fact it is straightforward and simple, and we believe that it’s this lack of confidence that is significantly holding up movement in the market.
As Founder and Vice Chairman, Vernon Hill has been instrumental through Metro Bank’s successful launch and the subsequent explosive growth of the UK’s most customer focused high street Bank. Metro Bank launched in July 2010, and currently has 15 stores open in London and the South East.
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