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Christmas 2008 - Opening Hours The Ten2Two offices will be closing between Christmas and New Year. If you need to contact us urgently please call 01442 874247 where messages will be checked regularly. Wednesday 24th December: Business as Usual Thursday 25th until 1st January: Closed Friday 2nd January 2009: Business as Usual Merry Christmas! Everyone at Ten2Two would like to thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm and wish you a very merry and relaxing Christmas. December 5th 2008 - Round Table on Women’s issues Ten2Two were recently invited to a ‘round table’ session with Theresa May MP, the Shadow Minister for Women, to contribute our thoughts on Flexible Working. The discussion centred on women returning to work and issues such as the availability of good flexible working jobs, attitudes of employers, legislative policy and the impact of the economic downturn on flexible work. We will be following up with Theresa and her team again early next year to pass on more feedback we’ve had from the many member meetings we’ve held this year. |
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November 19th 2008 - Researching ergonomic buggies for our sponsor, Maclaren This month we're helping out our sponsor Maclaren with some research they're carrying out, looking at the links between having children and back problems, to help them design more ergonomic buggies. If you'd like to contribute your views to this research and have a chance to win a new buggy please just click here. The simple online survey should only take five minutes to complete. November 10th 2008 - Ten2Two has moved! We are pleased to let you know that we have moved! Our new, bigger office is still in Berkhamsted and is centrally located at the back of the Post Office adjacent to Waitrose. We have moved to gain a bit more space and to make parking slightly easier for our clients and members (courtesy of the pay & display and Waitrose parking directly opposite!). Our new address is 264a High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 1AQ. Our phone number and e-mail remains the same. We've also added a section on the website 'How to find us' October 24th 2008 - Ten2Two at the Dacorum Excellence Awards Ten2Two attended the annual Dacorum Excellence Awards where we had been shortlisted in the 'Most Promising New Business' category. With over 200 attendees and 12 awards, we were delighted to be awarded Runner Up in this category. The night also saw another of our members, Cindy Withey who we placed as Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, collect two awards for her company, Grass Roots. October 1st 2008 - Busy Period for Clients The autumn is traditionally a busy time for recruiters who are focussed on achieving their 3rd quarter objectives. Although there is much talk and worry about the economic climate, we are stressing to our clients the benefits that flexible working can bring - a great, talented professional at less than full-time cost. September 23rd 2008 - Ten2Two presented at Milton Keynes CIPD seminar on 'Recruiting Future Leaders' We were delighted to be asked to talk to 35 HR Managers and HR Directors, from local businesses, on how they can tap into the highly skilled talent pool of professionals for senior positions within their organisations - just be thinking flexibly. The response from the attendees was excellent - whilst many of them used flexible working as a retention tool for existing employees, they had not seriously considered the benefits for recruiting. September 23rd 2008 - Ten2Two exhibited at the Annual Chiltern Business4Business Exhibition Ten2Two joined Bucks County Council, Learning Works, Henley Business School and 55 other exhibitors at this year's show. The event is attended by local businesses and at Ten2Two we used this opportunity to talk to both attendees and other exhibiting businesses about the benefits of flexible working and the outstanding calibre of our members. This event alone has already significantly increased our profile in the area and generated a number of new opportunities. September 16th 2008 - 'Returning to Work after a Career Break' Following huge demand for our member workshops and specific requests from members for an event that focused on Returning to Work after a Career Break, Ten2Two created this bespoke workshop. The evening was a great success as we held lively discussions, facilitated exercises and talked through all the factors and benefits that need to be considered when returning to work. Following the workshop, a number of the attendees have made an active step forward, one is already having a first interview and another 2/3 have now re-done their CV's and have a much clearer view of what they want to do next. September 5th 2008 - Ten2Two Continues to Attract Key Clients Over the summer we continued to build our relationships with local businesses and have added Space NK and KPMG to our existing client base. We also placed a number of key roles including Direct Sales Manager, Marketing Manager, HR Manager and a number of temporary placements. August 18th 2008 - Future Member Development to be Sponsored by Maclaren We are pleased to announce that Maclaren is to sponsor the Ten2Two Member Development Programme for the remainder of 2008 and throughout 2009. This is fantastic news ensuring that Ten2Two can continue to offer members a varied programme of ongoing development tailored to their particular circumstances. As you may already know, Northamptonshire-based Maclaren is a premier British parenting lifestyle company that produces the world's safest, most durable, stylish and innovative baby buggies, toys and accessories. Maclaren also recently launched Beginning, an organic-based, holistic range of personal care products for Mum and Baby, created on the principles of purity, nurturing and connection from the very beginning - if you visit our office you'll be able to see and smell the products! Maclaren is an ideal sponsor and partner because we share a common ground - both companies striving to meet parents' needs in an innovative and considerate way. We have already worked with Maclaren in some of their future product developments and it's good to see that they're listening so carefully to parents' needs and encouraging ventures that support mothers, parents and families as a whole. View the latest member development programme. June 29th 2008 - Ten2Two featured in the 'The Mail on Sunday' We received some very positive coverage in 'The Mail on Sunday' last weekend. The article, about the value of working mothers to businesses, featured Ten2Two and in particular, one of our members Jackie Campbell, who recently joined Bourne End based design company Frasers. The article generated a lot of interest amongst new clients and members and we saw a significant increase of traffic to our website. To read the full story and see a nice picture of Jackie click here. June 19th 2008 - Help with finding our website (www.ten2two.org) Whilst the phrase 'Ten2Two' may roll nicely off the tongue, it's not always the easiest organisation or website to find amongst the millions of websites on the World Wide Web. A recent look at how people find Ten2Two on the web show some of the most popular search words to be:- 1022, 10to2, Ten to Two. With the help of Google Ad Words we hope that finding us will be that little bit easier. June 2nd 2008 - Email a Friend from the Ten2Two Website 80% of new clients and 75% of newly registered Ten2Two members find out about Ten2Two via a personal recommendation. To make it a little easier to direct someone to Ten2Two, members and clients can now e-mail them directly from the Ten2Two website. Simply visit the homepage at www.ten2two.org and click email a friend on the left hand menu. May 18th 2008 - Membership Development Programme for remainder of 2008 announced. Providing an on-going programme of Member Development opportunities is a key element of the service Ten2Two offers its members. The workshop programme has been designed with something for everyone, whether a member is already working, beginning to think about returning to work or is looking to change their professional situation. All our workshops are free to members and are held in our Berkhamsted office. Numbers are kept low for each event to ensure a relaxed, informal atmosphere so members feel comfortable and there is plenty of opportunity to interact with each other. Below is the summary of what's happening and when:
If you would like more information, please contact Jane on jane@ten2two.org. May 1st 2008 - Sponsorship Deal sealed with Maclaren We are delighted to formally announce that Ten2Two has signed a partnership deal with Maclaren, the market leaders in buggies. We share common ground with Maclaren - we both want to nurture strong relationships with mothers. Ten2Two has a well established membership of articulate, professional mothers whilst Maclaren wants to get closer to its customer base. Dylan Johnson, Maclaren Sales and Marketing Director explains: 'We are well aware of the stresses, strains and rewards of motherhood and we firmly believe that being a mother and having a career can exist happily side by side. The work that Ten2Two is doing fits perfectly with the Maclaren ethos. The incredibly positive response that Ten2Two has had demonstrates how important the whole issue of rewarding flexible work is to mothers. We believe that in order to put mothers at the heart of our design, development, marketing and customer support activities we have to have real understanding of the issues that they face. With believe that this sponsorship programme will enable us to do this even more effectively.' The special partnership will run for an initial two year period and will kick off with an internal review of Maclaren's resourcing strategy, whilst Ten2Two will be seeking Maclaren brand ambassadors among its membership. April 15th 2008 - First Birthday Party a Great Success Our First Birthday celebrations went off with a bang with over 70 members attending along with representatives from the local press and a few select clients. There was lots of networking (and chatting!) together with drinking and eating in a very lively, positive atmosphere. John, our CEO, said a few words about the highlights of the year. Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group and winner of the Veuve Cliquot Business Woman of the Year, was also in attendance and delivered an inspirational speech about flexible working and women in the workplace. We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank-you to all our members, clients, agencies, journalists for their help and ongoing support over the last year. April 15th 2008 - First Birthday Celebrations Ten2Two are planning to celebrate their first birthday on Tuesday 15th April at the Court Rooms, Church Lane, Berkhamsted, HP4 2AX. We are inviting all of our members, local press and key clients to join them for a drink or two. We are very excited that Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group and Chair of 'Opportunity Now' is going to join us to celebrate and offer a few words of wisdom about Women and Work. If you would like to come along, please email jane@ten2two.org March 17th 2008 - Ten2Two celebrates its first birthday In just twelve months we've recruited over 700 members, negotiated with local businesses to consider flexible workers instead of full time and as a result there are now nearly 100 professional people from the local area in rewarding jobs from Managing Directors, Corporate Social Responsibility Managers and Business Development Managers through to Accountants, Property Consultants and Graphic Designers. Further, we have carried out market research for a number of businesses including Maclaren and Early Learning Centre. March 16th 2008 - Holly joins the Ten2Two team! As the business continues to go from strength to strength, we started actively seeking an additional member of the team. Holly joined us on March 16th from Major Players where she was a Senior Consultant within the Design & Branding Team. Holly initially heard about Ten2Two from a friend and registered with Ten2Two as a member, she was finding working in Central London and looking after a 14 month old exhausting!!! When the opportunity at Ten2Two arose, Holly was delighted that she could continue to develop her career in a local business, 5 minutes from home, in a highly rewarding and challenging environment. Holly will be contacting as many members and clients over the next few months to introduce herself and see how she can help. March 2nd 2008 - Member base doubles in 6 months It was only 6 months ago when we were writing about our member base reaching 350, on March 2nd 2008 we had our 700th member registering with Ten2Two. We continue to attract a huge range of professional individuals from all disciplines, with an increasing number of male members looking for flexible opportunities as well. Whilst we are still focused predominantly in West Herts, this has not stopped a growing number of members registering from Scotland, Cornwall, USA and Australia!!! February 25th 2008 - Frasers appoint 2 Ten2Two members in one day! Frasers, a leading edge Berkhamsted design agency approached Ten2Two at the end of January to help them find 2 marketing professionals. Three weeks later and after two rounds of interviews, 2 of our members were offered flexible roles. Peggy Hyll, the Client Services Director quoted: "I would like to thank Ten2Two for helping me find the right people for two recent vacancies I had within my team. Ten2Two is by far the best recruitment agency I have ever used. I found their service extremely thorough and professional and the quality of CVs and candidates put forward was outstanding. I felt Ten2Two carefully listened to my brief and helped me meet my requirements very quickly. Finally, they also convinced me that flexible working hours can be very efficient and as good as employing full-time candidates." February 5th 2008 - SuperCamps supports working Ten2Two parents Juggling working and children is never easy, but when you are faced with 6 weeks of summer holidays, childcare can become very stressful. As a result we have teamed up with SuperCamps again this year, who run numerous camps across the UK for school age children during all the key holiday periods, to offer all Ten2Two members a discount. For further information please contact mandy@ten2two.org January 15th 2008 - Opportunity Now Appoints Ten2Two Supporter We are pleased to announce that Sarah Williams-Gardner, who worked with Ten2Two during its first few months of launch, has started a new role as Director at Opportunity Now. Opportunity Now is a membership organisation for employers who are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for women. Sarah's appointment gives her access and influence to many business decision makers to whom she can promote the case for flexible working. We wish her every success. January 08 - New Year and our plans for 2008 As we look ahead into 2008 we are all very optimistic about what we will hope to achieve this year, the first quarter will see us celebrating our 1st year anniversary and by the second quarter we hope to be putting into place the first phase of our expansion plans. Our plans for the year also include increasing our member support activity with additional workshops, members tips and technique guides and exploring additional member services that could be made available. From a client perspective we will be producing our 'HR Guide to Flexible Working' during the first quarter and will continue to build and develop relationships with local businesses, helping them to find flexible solutions to their resourcing needs. |
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