Metro

I love the word “FREE” - it is definitely, and categorically, the most Beautiful word in the English Language. When this Beautiful word is linked to the words ’Daily’ and ‘Newspaper’ - Then you have my absolute, unswerving and - undivided attention. I still remember that happy day when myself and good lady jumped on a bus going into Glasgow Town and noticed something different, everyone had their faces 'stuck' in a newspaper. Whit !! Now - where we live and get on the bus, no-one can afford a newspaper, that was why we noticed the difference. Then we noticed that there was a wee ...

The Metro is a daily newspaper that is circulated across the UK and can be picked up from most major Train/Underground stations. And the best thing about it is that it is FREE!!! Yes FREE!!!! I commute daily on the London Underground and it is one of my highlights in the morning to read through my free newspaper which is, in my opinion, far better than the tabloid newspapers which I sometimes pay for when I cant get hold of a copy of the Metro…Which brings me to my next point… Because it’s free and because it’s a jolly good read, there is usually a battle in the mornings to get hold of a copy! Lucky for me, I start work earlier ...

This year the Daily Mail decided to expand its free Metro service across the UK. That and new electronic publishing deals increased the company’s annual project expenditure from around £20m to £69m. I read the Scottish Metro. That makes a difference. Up here in Scotland the Metro is a franchise; it’s a deal between the Daily Mail and a company known as Trinity Mirror. I think it has been a fairly successful venture that explains will be why the Metro is looking to extend similar deals across the UK. The Metro does well. It’s an easy read when you’re on the bus, crawling through the road works and the traffic on your way to ...