About Us
We are an independent privately run business with over 35 years' experience in the HR and payroll market.
MHR UK & Ireland is a specialist provider of HR, payroll, analytics and engagement software and services
Founded in the 1980's, MHR thrives on helping organisations of all shapes and sizes to strengthen their core – their people. MHR combines the stability, expertise and proven methodologies of a long-established provider, with the innovative forward-thinking vision of an agile growing business, to provide a winning partnership to its customers and employees.
Across the fields of talent management, HR, payroll and business analytics, over 1000 companies from SMEs to large multi-national corporates, rely on us to help them drive performance.
- 98% customer loyalty
- 1000+ customers
- 50% of employees with over 10 years service
MHR in numbers
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Number of customers
A trusted supplier
Employees with 10+ years service
A depth of experience
Our solutions
We're proud of the fact that all our research, design, creation, build and delivery of our products and services is carried out in-house, something unheard of in our industry. We employ the latest technologies to improve the experiences for our customers: we were the first UK HR company to introduce a chatbot to our services to reduce the burden of HR admin and improve the employee experience.
Our services provide in-depth security protection thanks to our state-of-the-art, UK-based data centres and disaster recovery expertise, our system has no shared infrastructure between third parties. We're constantly looking to find solutions that can make the lives of our customers easier.
Our customers
We pride ourselves on listening and working with our customers worldwide to help them unlock their full potential. We support over 1,000 organisations of all sizes covering a wide range of sectors. Each month we pay 2.2 million workers through our software and services in the UK, including over 20% of the UK fire and rescue personnel and employees in 4 of the 5 biggest UK construction firms.
Our reliability
Our products and services are developed with a focus on compliance to give our customers the assurance and absolute confidence they need. From being BACS and HMRC approved outsourced Payroll Automation Service, to our Payroll Quality Partnership (PQP) accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) for our payroll software, and our quality partnerships with organisations like Microsoft, you can be sure of our expertise.
The safety and security of the data we hold is paramount to us, that is why we have invested in state-of-the-art data centres and intrusion prevention technologies. We hold SOC 2, ISO 27001 and 9001 certifications and are members of Cyber Essentials and Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP).
Our people
Our people are what makes MHR great. We have a passionate and committed team, including CIPP qualified members, with over 650 people based in the UK, Ireland, US and Asia Pacific. Our investment in training and development is unparalleled enabling our people to maximise their potential. Take our graduate programme. Many of the graduates who have taken part in the programme are now senior leaders within the business. But it's not just our graduates whose careers have taken off, we're proud to say that many of our employees have had glittering careers at MHR.
If you are interested in joining our team why not take a look at our current vacancies.
Our values
Our values represent how we work together as a team and with our customers to ensure we continually innovate our products and services which means we will be here for the long term.
Innovation
We harness technology, imagination and our people to be the best and to create a better world of work now and in the future.
Collaboration
We develop a culture where people work together to enhance and evolve the world of work, today and tomorrow.
Sustainability
We are committed to our people and customers in the long term through our continuous innovation, financial independence and family ownership.
Trust
We trust our people to deliver the right outcomes for our customers and our company. We are honest, open, reliable and fair.
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