Our 25th Anniversary Timeline
1995
Steve Rogers starts up FP Mailing South buying the UK’s first dealership from Francotyp-Postalia (a German manufacturer of franking machines). The business starts from Steve’s spare bedroom in his house in South East London. Steve drove a Rover 400 and used a One2One M300 mobile phone!
More from 1995…
Frank Bruno is crowned heavyweight champion of the world, Windows 95 is released and Toy Story (1) is the highest grossing film.
1997
Richard Black becomes the company’s first salesman. Princess Diana dies in Paris after car crash. The Tamagotchi becomes one of the biggest toy fads of the 1990s.
1998
Deanna Turner fresh from school joins. The Euro currency is launched and Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1 billion.
1999
Tim Pile does 2 weeks work experience from Dartford boys school (the school closes the same year but Tim assures us this was completely coincidental). Blackberry smartphone is released and building work is finished at the Millennium Dome.
2003
Lindsey Mepstead canvasses the office selling telecoms and is recruited. The UK joins America in the invasion of Iraq and the price of a 1st class stamp is 28p.
More from 2003
In other news the final Concorde flight took place and LinkedIn is launched.
2007
Steve Streeter leaves his job as National Sales Manager at Pitney Bowes and joins us as an account manager. HS1 train opens and Apple launch a new product called the iPhone.
2012
Saffron Beesley joins via the job centre back to work scheme and Carly Day joins in charge of the money.
More from 2012
The London Olympics break records, The Shard is officially opened and Tinder is launched as an online dating App.
2013
We move to our new purpose-built office in Greenhithe and Andy Murray wins Wimbledon.
2016
Nicolle Marshall joins as a sales trainee. The UK votes to leave the EU and the final videocassette recorder is manufactured in Japan.
More from 2013
Steve Waller joins the team. Marie Davenport covers maternity leave for Carly.
2019
Amber Davenport joins and becomes our first staff member born in the wrong century! Fire destroys much of Notre Dame Cathedral and England win the Cricket World Cup.
2020
The UK leave the European Union after 47 years and plots a bright future? We rebrand as MyGroupSolutions – 25 years and still growing!
2024
My Printing Room rebrands as My Group Printing, and launches the new website. The new name is chosen to better align our services with the parent company, My Group Solutions.
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