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Metro Connect Speaker Announcement – VoCoVo
We’re pleased to welcome VoCoVo to Metro Connect 2025. Their session will explore how real-time voice communication is helping retail and hospitality teams work smarter, reduce friction, and deliver faster, more responsive service
Metro Connect 2025 – What to Expect
Metro Connect 2025 brings together senior retail and hospitality professionals for a day of insight, collaboration, and innovation. Hear from industry leaders, explore real-world success stories, and discover how Metro is helping businesses work smarter.
Metro Connect Speaker Announcement – The Range
The Range: Scaling with Simplicity – Hear how The Range is using Metro to support rapid growth, streamline ops, and cut admin – with practical insights on what’s worked and what’s still to come.
Metro Connect Speaker Announcement – Dunelm
Stacy Meyrick from Dunelm joins Metro Connect 2025 to share how smarter scheduling through Metro’s Workforce Management module is helping them reduce costs and boost efficiency.
Metro Connect Speaker Announcement – Card Factory
Join Card Factory at Metro Connect 2025 as they reveal how Metro Print has transformed their store execution and customer experience. Hear from Mark Klieve and Lisa Derbyshire as they share practical insights into the commercial benefits of on-demand, in-store print.
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RMS are attending The Efficiency Debate
RMS will be at The Efficiency Debate this June, joining leading retailers to explore how smarter tech can drive performance. Visit our stand to see how Metro helps multi-site businesses work more efficiently.
How UK Retailers Can Offset Wage Increases Without Hurting Profitability
Aldi to raise hourly pay for UK store staff (source: TRB) - Lidl GB raises store workers pay by 2.8%, above inflation rate (source: Reuters) - B&Q increases pay for over 15,000 store employees (source: Retail Gazette) - Next to trial self-service tills amid £67m...
Navigating National Insurance Changes: A Guide for Retailers
In last week’s Budget announcement, Rachel Reeves, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, outlined sweeping changes to employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) set to take effect in April 2025. Representing one of the most substantial tax shifts in recent years,...
Budget 2024: Minimum wage set to rise by 6.7%
The chancellor has confirmed that the minimum wage is set to rise by 6.7% next year, reaching £12.21 an hour, ahead of today's budget. This increase is more considerable than many anticipated, and combined with rising employers' national insurance contributions, it...
Email: The Business Black Hole – And How to Escape It!
In the vast universe of business communication, a phenomenon threatens to swallow productivity whole: the email black hole. Like its cosmic counterpart, this digital vortex seems to have an insatiable appetite, consuming time, attention, and efficiency with alarming...
Are you looking to enhance communications, ensure compliance, and boost employee engagement?
Are you striving to enhance communication, ensure compliance, and boost employee engagement? Or do you face challenges in managing service needs, such as scheduling the right staff with the appropriate skills at the right times? Whatever your needs, Metro can help....
Store based print – why it is a must?
The big day has arrived – all the money, hard work, sweat, and tears are about to pay off. You have your final checklist of things to confirm before you open the doors and start trading for the first time, so let’s run through a few of them… Store-built (at a fairly...
**Happy World Mental Health Day!**
Today, let’s take a moment to prioritise our mental well-being. In our fast-paced, ever-evolving work landscape, it's crucial to take a moment and...
Nurturing Mental Well-being in Today’s Diverse Workplace
In our fast-paced world, prioritising mental health has never been more crucial. Whether you're manning a busy retail counter, juggling tables in a bustling restaurant, brainstorming in a corporate boardroom, or working from your home office, your mental well-being is...
Don’t Let Workplace’s Closure Leave You Disconnected
As Meta announces the closure of its business social platform, Workplace, many organisations find themselves at a crossroads. But fear not! This shift presents an opportunity to elevate your employee engagement strategy with a more robust, feature-rich solution.
Can Your Supermarket Accurately Match Price, Product *and* Ingredients?
Recent scrutiny of the Aldi Price Match scheme at Tesco reveals a growing challenge: some “Price Matched” products are not like-for-like regarding ingredients. While Tesco is lowering prices to match Aldi, some of these lower-priced items can have significantly different ingredients. Could this be more new battle lines being drawn as retailers continue to fight for each customer’s hard-earned money?