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September Event Summary

4 September 2026

September Event Summary

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We have partnered up and hosted a range of successful business development and networking events based in Peterborough, Northampton and Cambridge.


Driving Emotional Intelligence and Reducing Stress in your Organisation


18th September 2018

Our first event of the month, based in Northampton Saints, was led by speakers Julian Hall (Calm People) and Hilary McLellan (Indigo People). The working session led our attendees to understand how to manage stress within their own individual lives, as well as spotting key indicators of stress in others within a working environment.

Julian Hall looked in detail at the 5 stress pillars that he has previously touched on before, including a coaching process on what they mean and when the stress becomes unhealthy; 
approval, priority, pressure, control, trust.


“Great thought-provoking session”

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Hilary McLellan looked at 5 of the EI competencies which helped people develop their own EI but also align closely to the stress pillars. She went through what they can mean and how they can support in times of stress and too much pressure; 
self-confidence, straightforwardness, self-actualisation, self-control, adaptability

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ACCA/CIMA: Practical Experience Requirement Guidance


18th September – 20th September 2018

To enhance individuals’ professional accounting experience – we hosted two ACCA/CIMA events this month in Peterborough and Cambridge. These sessions were designed to provide additional practical experience to our attendee’s academic studies.

Our informative sessions looked at; the basic requirements to document individuals PER, job roles relevant to demonstrate the required skills and how PER is evidenced and approved.


This event was rated 10/10 by all attendees. We review each event to keep track of how well they fit the purpose and how well they allow you to develop your potential.


Profile Your Talent with Clarity4D


25th September 2018

We partnered up with talent development coach Shaun Beck to bring to life a work session on Clarity4D.

The session focused on how to manage the varying personality profiles within a workplace setting. Communication is key to understanding, thus Shaun engaged our attendees in communicating with employees, to encourage them to be themselves whilst avoiding conflict at work.


“Very clear, encouraging takeaways from the session”

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Thriving at Work Forums in Partnership with Your People Potential


27th September 2018

Whereby we invite you to explore your business ethos around mental health and cultivating a culture that challenges stigma and promotes healthy working practices. 

If you would like to showcase the practices and successes of your business, you will have an opportunity to share these with us on the day.

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Skill Led Start-ups: Building a Diverse Tech Talent Toolbox


27th September 2018

Start-ups are often the brainchild of a single or small group of entrepreneurs looking to make a difference in both their’s and other’s lives, usually highly skilled and proactive by nature this individual or group will be looking to replicate their values and their approach in the employees they hire and the culture they are trying to create.

Unfortunately, this aim comes at a cost, true tech talent can be demanding and fickle when it comes to deciding on their next career move, looking for big salaries, the latest innovation and flexible working environment. The ONE Group partnered with Barclays Eagle Labs to bring you a working session on your operating environment, the availability of talent and how to recruit the best talent.


Teaming up with speaker Lewis Turner (Display Link), our evening session was a casual means of bringing individuals to network and ask questions.

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Marcus Child – Personal Power: How to lead a high-performance culture


28th September 2018 

Our September came to a grand end with our inspirational, award-winning speaker Marcus Child, hosted by Vivacity’s Key Theatre.

Marcus Child has had a powerful impact on the people and the performance of many well-known businesses during the past 18 years. He inspires confidence, wholeheartedness and courage…and has an impressive reputation for helping thousands of members of hundreds of organisations embrace change positively and successfully. In thoroughly uplifting conversations with audiences his work stirs resourcefulness in individuals, positivity between colleagues and trust between organisations and their customers.


“Brilliant, the most engaging talk of this type I have attended”

Marcus’s emphasis on exploiting work as an opportunity for self-improvement as well as commercial success means that the new habits he trains are practiced in the minds and relationships of people – at work and beyond – long after his programmes are complete.

He speaks in workshops and on conference platforms with pace, humour, and exceptional energy. He has helped an astonishing number of CEOs, MDs, boards, business teams, sportspeople, politicians, teenagers and people living with health challenges realise bold and extraordinary goals.

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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.

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Accountancy & Finance
→
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Human Resources
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Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
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Technology
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Engineering & Manufacturing
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Scientific
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Sales, Marketing & Creative
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Executive Search
Across all of the above
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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.

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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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