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Insights & Events

Everything from the downloadable resources and salary guides our consultants reach for, through to the events we host across the region. Whether you’re hiring, looking for your next role, or trying to make sense of your local market, this is where our sector expertise lives.

What's coming up

Roundtables, breakfast briefings, webinars, and the occasional larger gathering. Where we share what we’re seeing in the regional market, and where you’ll meet others doing the same.

The Changing Landscape of Trade Unions – Cambridge
NOV 04 WED

The Changing Landscape of Trade Unions – Cambridge

The ONE Group, 2030 Cambourne Business Park, Cambridge, CB23 6DW
08:45:00 - 11:00:00
The Changing Landscape of Trade Unions Join us for an open and practical roundtable exploring the changing trade union landscape, what upcoming legislative developments
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The Changing Landscape of Trade Unions – Peterborough
NOV 04 WED

The Changing Landscape of Trade Unions – Peterborough

The ONE Group, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6LR
14:30:00 - 17:00:00
The Changing Landscape of Trade Unions Join us for an open and practical roundtable exploring the changing trade union landscape, what upcoming legislative developments
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Finance Leaders’ Breakfast Club
NOV 18 WED

Finance Leaders’ Breakfast Club

Cambridge Country Club, Toft Road, Bourn, CB23 2TT
08:30 - 11:00
Finance Leaders’ Breakfast Club East of England Economic Outlook: What Matters Most for Finance Leaders Moving into 2027? Delivered in partnership with First Intuition,
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Strategic Workforce Planning
NOV 24 TUE

Strategic Workforce Planning

University Centre Peterborough, Park Crescent, Peterborough, PE1 4DZ
09:00:00 - 11:30:00
As organisations navigate shifting economic and technological landscapes, aligning talent strategy with business objectives has never been more critical. We are delighted to invite
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Guides, insights, and downloadable resources

The materials our consultants reach for most often. Salary benchmarks, regional market reports, EVP
thinking, and the practical guides that help you hire (or get hired) better.

2025 Annual Market Insights Guide

The ONE Group’s 2025/26 Market Insights Guide, including Salaries, Benefits & Trends, is a comprehensive guide to recruitment across Cambridgeshire, Essex…

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Guide to Interviews

01 Start with the job description Read it once, then read it again with a pen in your hand. Most job descriptions contain four or five things that matter and a fair amount of padding around..

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How to write a CV that gets read

01 Put it in the order people expect Name and contact details at the top. A short personal statement. Career history in reverse order, most recent first. Education after that, unless you….

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Latest from the blog

Recent thinking

What our consultants are seeing in the market, and what we’d like our clients and candidates to know about it.

A&F 04 Sep 2026

​Top 5 Skills to Assess When Recruiting a Leadership Role

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CO 04 Sep 2026

​The Do’s and Don’ts for passing probation

​The Do’s and Don’ts for passing probation ​Congratulations! You have landed your next amazing role. Maybe you are nervous about your big first day. We’ve written this blog with some Do’s and Don’ts to help…
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HR 04 Sep 2026

​Are Temporary Workers the Solution?

​Are Temporary Workers the Solution? ​ Are Temporary Workers the Solution? More than ever, we’re seeing a rise in demand for temporary and contracted employees to work on projects within a variety of sectors. With…
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THE ONE GROUP

Where we're from,
and how we got here

Twenty years of specialist recruitment in the East – and a lot of small decisions that added up.

TOG started in Peterborough in 2004 with a small team and a simple idea: that recruitment is a people business, done best by specialists who stay in their sector long enough to know it properly.

More than two decades on, we've grown into four offices across the East of England and Home Counties. We recruit for finance leaders, HR directors, engineering managers, tech founders, scientists, and the commercial teams that keep businesses running day to day. Between us, we've built up over 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of more than 150,000 candidates we've placed, coached, or come to know across two decades in the region.

The founding principle hasn't changed. Recruitment as it should be.

OUR STORY

Key events timeline

2004

Doors open in Peterborough.

Our first office launches with a team of six on Lynch Wood. Cambridge follows the same year, giving us two offices before our first anniversary.

2015

Northampton makes it three.

Our third office opens with a team of five, quickly growing to eleven consultants covering the wider Midlands region.

2017

Peterborough moves across the road.

The team has outgrown the founding office. We move into Arena House on Lynch Wood, big enough for a growing consultant base and the back-office team that supports the whole group.

2018

Cambridge moves too.

Our second office relocates to Cambourne Business Park, giving the growing Cambridge team the space it now needs.

2023

Four offices, three counties, one very good year.

The Hertfordshire & Essex office opens in Potters Bar, extending our footprint into the Home Counties.

In the same year, we're named Business of the Year in Northamptonshire, and Employer of the Year in both Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire at the regional SME Business Awards. Three counties, three panels.

TODAY

Still growing.

Four offices, more than 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of over 150,000 candidates.

Same founding principle.

SPECIALISTS BY DESIGN

What we do

We're specialists, not generalists. Every consultant at TOG focuses on one sector and stays in it. Not because it's the only way to do recruitment, but because it's how you build the depth to spot the difference between a strong CV and a strong hire.

It's also why so many of our clients come back to us years, even decades, after a first placement.

01
Accountancy & Finance
→
 02
Human Resources
→
 03
Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
→
 04
Technology
→
 05
Engineering & Manufacturing
→
 06
Scientific
→
 07
Sales, Marketing & Creative
→
 08
Executive Search
Across all of the above
→

Beyond the recruitment itself, we produce annual salary guides, regional market reports, and the practical resources our clients and candidates turn to when they want a clearer view of what's happening in their sector.

THE WAY WE WORK

How we work

Four principles show up in every conversation and every process.
01

Be curious.

We stay interested in the market we work in, and in the people who work in it.

02

Keep it human.

We remember your kids' names and know how you take your coffee. That's just how we work here.

03

Make a difference.

We're here to help people build careers they love and businesses they're proud of.

04

Enjoy the ride.

Recruitment is a career, but it should be fun too. If it isn't, we've done something wrong.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

Recruitment
as it should be.

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