Category: Metro

Client wins Exporter of the Year at the British Business Excellence Awards

The premium mixer brand, Fever-Tree, has been named the winner of the “Department for International Trade Exporter of the Year Award” at the 2022 British Business Excellence Awards, in recognition of their exporting ability and a glowing accolade of Fever-Tree’s innovative spirit. Fever-... Read more

Generation Logistics – a future career in the freight forwarding sector

An initiative by members of the logistics sector, trade associations and the Department for Transport (DfT), Generation Logistics launched this summer aims to build on the sector’s pandemic-linked profile boost and tackle the industry’s long-term recruitment issues.  Logistics provide... Read more

Golf day success despite clash with The Open Championship

Metro’s golf day planners’ unintentional clash with the Open championship at St Andrews, proved not to be a critical issue, with competitors excited to be playing a course that has hosted numerous international tournaments, including the British Masters and the English Open. The inaugural ... Read more

Protecting employees and the environment

Critics often dismiss Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a gimmick, or short-term marketing ploy, but we are committed to give back and CSR is not just a responsibility it is our duty to society, which is why core environmental and employee welfare initiatives are continuous, with no timefr... Read more

Industry heavyweight to spearhead new Automotive division

Matthew Weight with 30 years’ experience and a specialist background in automotive logistics has joined Metro as Automotive Director. With responsibility for automotive services, Matthew will establish Metro as the first choice global logistics partner for finished vehicle, automotive component... Read more

70 years of the Queen and global logistics evolution

In the 70 years that Queen Elizabeth II has been our monarch, her reign has heralded the transformation of international trade and the beginning and spread of a new global economy. When Elizabeth II acceded to the throne in 1952, at the age of 25, Britain had lost two-thirds of her pre-war exp... Read more

Leading by example

Effective planning for the receipt of inbound ocean cargo, requires accurate arrival dates, but with schedule reliability at all time lows, the effective management of imports has never been more challenging. Metro’s new ‘Vessel Tracking’ tool links directly with transceivers on b... Read more

Making the new normal better

As we move into the post-coronavirus workplace, we are striking a balance between what worked before and what will succeed in the new future. From thinking about the next normal to making it work: we considered what to stop, start, and accelerate, because the old ways of working are defunct in... Read more

Metro launch enhanced tracking tool as on-time ship arrivals hit six-year low

With global shipping schedule reliability at a six-year low and just 33% of ships arriving on time, during a chaotic year for container shipping, Metro Shipping is enhancing its MVT supply chain platform, with even greater scrutiny of real-time vessel tracking. The ability of vessels to h... Read more

Telling us what you need – we are the ‘solution’ not part of the supply chain ‘problem!’

Delivering great service and exceeding your expectations is our continuous focus and commitment, but we need your feedback to give us the insights and understanding to drive future initiatives and remain a totally customer orientated business. Hopefully you will agree – we do this rather well a... Read more

Metro deliver on ECO promise

Having conceived, created and launched the MVT Eco module in 2021 - to monitor the CO2 equivalent emissions, of each consignment we move - and committed to environmental transparency, Metro has now officially offset our emissions for 2020. Companies’ response to climate change is arguably ... Read more

British businesses investing in 2022

According to research carried out by consultancy Deloitte, the UK’s top firms will massively increase capital spending in the next 12 months, with over 30% of chief financial officers (CFO) at Britain’s premium listed firms scaling investment to capitalise on red hot domestic and foreign dema... Read more