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Our History

Since 1996, Mauve Group has gone from strength to strength, helping businesses expand globally.

  • 1996

    Mauve Group is born

    Founders John and Ann post our first invoice at a tiny country post office in Llansannan, Wales.

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  • 1996

    Putting down roots

    We said hello to our first office – in a broom cupboard, above another post office; but this time in Teolo, Italy.

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  • 1996

    The team shapes up

    We hired our first supporting office team in both Cyprus and York, UK.

  • 1999

    European escape, Mauve-style

    CEO Ann drove from northern Italy to Hungary to register Mauve Group’s first entity, supporting a specific largescale telecoms project.

  • 2001

    Think Global, Serve Local: Part One

    Mauve entered ASIAPAC, with a large-scale telecoms project in Thailand.

  • 2001

    Think Global, Serve Local: Part Two

    Mauve set up for business in LATAM, with the registration of an entity in Brazil.

  • 2006

    Happy 10th Anniversary to us!

    We turned 10!

  • 2006

    Opened for business in the UAE

    We opened our first staffed office outside of Europe in Dubai, UAE.

  • 2006

    There's a first for everything

    We began a large-scale, three-year telecoms project in Bangladesh.

  • 2010

    Pioneers of Employer of Record (EoR)

    We provided our first Employer of Record solution in Australia.

  • 2011

    Demand picked up steam

    We secured our first clients outside of the telecoms sector. Demand for services grew in the NGO and Education sectors.

  • 2012

    The magic of industry events

    We exhibited at SHRM Atlanta, our first international conference & expo – launching the concept of Employer of Record, to a new audience of HR managers.

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  • 2013

    Overseas expansion continued

    We opened an office in Singapore!

  • 2016

    Welcome to London!

    We opened an office in the City of London, and to this day, we call the UK capital home.

  • 2017

    Call us keynote speakers!

    We delivered a keynote presentation - alongside a university partner - at the NACUBO education event in the US, to thousands of attendees.

  • 2020

    Educating the competition

    We won a competitive tender to supply services to the number one university in the world.

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  • 2021

    Mauve, aged 25!

    Mauve celebrated an inspiring quarter of a century in business!

  • 2021

    Home to a happy global workforce

    We achieved a 98% year-on-year staff retention rate.

  • 2022

    EoR is our middle name

    We had a record number of Employer of Record (EoR) workers.

  • 2022

    Business on the rise

    In 2022, we saw the biggest ever year-on-year increase in new clients.

  • 2022

    Insights galore

    We launched the Mauve Insight portal.

  • 2022

    And the award goes to…

    Mauve Group won the INT-X Award for 'Best Client Service in Global Expansion'.

  • 2022

    The trophies kept rolling in

    We won the Go Global Award for 'Women in Business'.

  • 2023

    …and rolling in!

    We won the INT-X Award for 'Most Innovative Workforce Solution'.

  • 2023

    Colouring the world Mauve

    We have the highest number of Mauve entities established internationally in the company's history to date.

  • 2023

    Recruitment drive!

    Our employee headcount increased by 20%.

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