Business banking customer stories
Meet some of our business customers and hear their stories
Business customer stories
Bluebird Interiors
Brightening up Brighton
Bluebird Interiors specialises in period property restoration and decorating in and around Brighton and Hove, bringing a bit of extra happiness to people’s homes.
As part of our England Cricket Partnership, Jennifer Anderson-Haysom talks about how seeing Bluebird Interiors promoted at her local cricket ground in Hove made her incredibly proud of how far she’s come in business.
By Jo Crafts
Getting crafty
By Jo Crafts is a ceramics and gifts company based in Southampton, started in 2019 by two best friends Jo and Gem.
As part of our England Cricket partnership, Jo Busuttil and Gem Hayns saw their brand up in lights at their local cricket ground in Southampton during the England Women vs New Zealand series, they talk about what that opportunity meant to them.
Food by Sophie
Cooking up success
Food by Sophie is a street food company based in Bristol serving the local community delicious, authentic Caribbean cuisine.
As part of our England Cricket partnership, three England Women’s players, and Sophie Brown’s LBM James Strange, met to talk with Sophie about her inspiration and Metro Bank’s support for women in cricket and in business.
Castlebridge
A ‘suite’ partnership
Castlebridge Hospitality is a hotel management company that focuses on creating unique hotels that reflect their local communities.
Jenna Dienn, Director of Castlebridge, discusses her amazing relationship with Metro Bank, and Andy Stone, Corporate Banking Director, talks about how we supported the development transaction, setting us apart from other banks.
The Bridewell Pub
Metro Bank is ‘boss’ for women in business
The Bridewell in Liverpool has been a prison and a birthplace of music legends – and now it’s Fiona Hornsby’s award-winning pub.
Fiona Hornsby, owner of The Bridewell pub in Liverpool, talks about how much she values the support of her Local Business Manager Lisa, and what it’s like being a woman in a male-dominated industry.
Fortem Financial Management Ltd
A shared culture of giving back
Fortem Financial Management Ltd provides wealth-management services for customers, and supports the local community through financial education in schools and colleges.
Kevin White, Managing Partner of Fortem Financial Management Ltd, talks about his mission to teach financial management to local school and college students, and about the supportive, one-to-one relationship he has with his Local Business Manager, Mario.
Thame Engineering Co Ltd
Engineering a bespoke solution
Manufacturer of standard and specialist workholding equipment, Thame Workholding, completed a management buy-out with bespoke funding support.
Dr Sipra Deb
Nurturing a great business
With our help Dr Sipra Deb secured Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) funding to grow her childcare business – and that was just the beginning.
Glenfields
A family home
Laura Harding expanded her family’s successful care home business, when her Relationship Manager helped her to secure Recovery Loan Scheme funding.
Raymond James
Award-winning investment services
Award winning Raymond James, Hitchin branch is headed up by Susie Bewell and Faye Silver, who aim to ‘make investments available to everyone’.
Foxy Hair
Supporting hair raising growth
Launched by Hayley Fox in 2006, Foxy Hair Extensions has gone from strength to strength, now operating as both an online and salon-based business.
2to3 days
Opening up opportunities for women
2to3 days was founded by Juliet Turnbull and is the UK’s first female-focused careers site, connecting professional women with flexible career opportunities.
WagIt
Pawsome service for dogs
Entrepreneur Nadia Leguel shares the inspiration behind WagIt – a one-stop-shop for dog-friendly venues and services – and tells us what happened after she featured on BBC’s Dragons’ Den.