News Archive

This year we are scheduled to shut at 2pm on Christmas Eve, December 24th and reopen Monday 5th January....the longest Christmas break we have ever taken! So if you are planning on getting your film processed, images retouched or your exhibition printed over Christmas don’t delay!...read more

In 2008 we embarked on a mission to update, streamline and consolidate the Metro pricelist. After years of rolling along gathering more and more services, we felt it was time for a clean slate! We have managed to reduce the prices of some services, kept others static, and marginally increased the prices of others....read more

It’s been a long time coming but at last Metro can reveal a cool new website that’s easy to use, full of useful tips and information and an orderly and simple list of services. ...read more

For years artists have been struggling with the problem of managing galleries, collectors, friends – all clamouring for prints. Managing an edition can be a nightmare for artists and photographers with galleries insisting on a carefully traceable provenance for each and every print. Our Limited Edition service takes the sweat out of Editions with provenance certificates and proper record keeping. It’s a blessing for any harried gallery owner or in-demand artist...read more

Our new ad campaign is designed to illustrate the collective process of producing fine quality photographic work....read more

Metro have developed a new service for customers who need prints up to 12 x 16 printed quickly and ordered remotely from their desktop...read more

The adoption of digital camera technology has had an enormous impact on labs, with many abandoning film processing, or simply unable to adapt and having to close. We have found ourselves offering an increasingly rare and precious service: good quality film processing....read more

Exciting changes are afoot at Metro with our progressive restructuring, a fabulous new look, and the fast approach of our new website coming in April 2008. Managing Director, Ben Richardson says, “Most of our competitors have disappeared in the past few years, but we want people to know that we are still here, and that we have a fresh image and a new approach.”...read more

Everyone here loves Fujifilm’s new high-gloss, metallic-like paper so much we wanted to persuade you to try it out too. So we are putting our money where our mouth is and making you an offer that’s so special it’s downright silly!...read more

We are really sorry to announce that our Soho branch will be closed for business from Friday 1st February 2008. We are closing all our auxiliary branches in order to consolidate our operations in response to the dramatically changing landscape of the Photographic Industry....read more