Metro Bank to open new East Midlands branch creating up to 25 jobs

Metro Bank is set to open its first East Midlands store in central Northampton this winter, creating around 25 new jobs for local people.

After bringing the revolution to sites across London and the South East over the past eight years, the new store marks Metro Bank’s most northerly presence in the UK.

The bank will occupy a prominent site at 27-29 Abington Street, NN1 2AN.

Rob Purdie, executive director at Northampton BID, said: “By bringing Metro Bank’s passion and community-focused service to Northampton’s high street, we hope to revive the face-to-face, personal banking approach amongst residents here, and continue to make Northampton a great place to live and work.”

Metro Bank Northampton will act as a hub for the community, and also deliver its free financial education programme, Money Zones, to schools and youth groups in the area.

The National Curriculum approved training, which is provided through classroom and store-based sessions, has already supported more than 1000,000 children across the UK with their financial literacy.

Craig Donaldson, CEO at Metro Bank, added: “From early in the morning until late at night, seven-days-a-week our colleagues will be at hand offering traditional relationship banking, supported by state-of-the-art technology.

“We look forward to welcoming both local residents and businesses to the banking revolution over the coming weeks and months.”

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