Metro Bank will be hosting a celebration for International Women’s Day – the Women Mean Biz event - at its Stall Street store on Thursday March 6th from 6pm – 8.30pm.
International Women's Day (March 8th) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.
The Women Mean Biz event will be hosted by Nicky Bevan – a life coach for working mums and feature an outstanding group of inspirational women speakers.
Nicky is an expert in mind and emotional management and empowers women to take control of their time and build self-confidence. As she explains: "IWD gives us the opportunity to reflect on who we want to be as women in our current world. Whilst we shouldn’t wait for a specific day for this, it’s a great opportunity to come together, support, encourage and raise each other up."
Additional speakers are the CEO of Focus Counselling, Lucia Chadwick and Natasha Goodman, Metro Bank’s Local Director. Lucia is a CEO of an all-female management led counselling and mental health charity which offers offer low cost and free professional mental health support across the region. Natasha Goodman will be sharing her experiences of three decades in banking, whilst being a working mum of three children and her eldest child has a severe disability.
They will also be joined by business and life coach Sandra Trotman Meadows who was voted the Most influential Women in Bristol in 2022 and NLP trainer and life coach Fenella Hemus. Fenella has worked in personal and professional development for over 30 years, who will be talking about self-leadership and labels.
Last, but not least, Abi Porter from Hillis & Porter Financial Planning who will be talking about the importance of women taking control of their financial future. As she explains: “The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is to accelerate action. In the UK, as much as 60 percent of the nation's wealth is expected to be in female hands by 2025, according to the Centre for Economic and Business Research CEBR. As fantastic as this is, we still live in a world where women are not confident managing their money. I’m looking forward to speaking about how women can take small steps to grow their confidence allowing them to take action this year and accelerate their financial wellbeing."
‘Everyone is welcome to come along and attend this celebratory event,’’ explains Bath Metro Bank Local Business Manager, Megan Greenwood. “As a signatory of the Investing in Women Code, we actively support women in business and we are looking to celebrate International Women’s Day in all our stores. We’re committed to supporting women with access to tools, resources and finance and supporting them in the three key areas they struggle with namely networking, funding and mentoring.”
Metro Bank has 75 stores across England and Wales and will be opening new stores in Chester and Gateshead before June 2025.
Metro Bank’s Bath store is located at 18-19 Stall Street, Bath BA1 1QB. The store opening hours from February 1st are Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5pm. Bath Metro Bank is also part of the Safe Space scheme – the store is available to anyone experiencing, or at risk of domestic abuse, providing the opportunity to safely call a helpline, support service or loved one.