News from Winners & Partners
Partnership Announcement
We’re excited to announce a strategic partnership between the Business Culture Awards and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) UK. EMCC will be sponsoring the 2023 award for the Best Coaching, Mentoring & Personal Development Initiative for Business Culture. Established in 1989, EMCC UK works to maintain, influence, develop and progress high quality standards in coaching, mentoring and supervision in the UK.
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The awards celebrate the power of partnerships and here we celebrate 2022’s Overall Winner Mortgage Advice Bureau, who worked with Culture Consultancy to transform their culture, after a period of rapid growth and a shift to hybrid working. They wanted their culture to help them innovate, disrupt the market, improve employee experience, and delight customers.
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Employees and other stakeholders are increasingly demanding to see sustainable practices from the companies they work for and engage with. When a company emphasises growth without compromising people, the planet or economy, its culture both enables and is shaped by this. Hear more from 2022’s CSR & Corporate Sustainability Winner Swiss Re.
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t-three partnered with EDF Energy and OPG (Ontario Power Generation) in supporting their leaders in the transition from operational experts to spokespeople for the nuclear industry as a whole. The aim of this winning initiative was to create sustainable behaviour change; improve emotional intelligence skills and create high trust and inclusive cultures.
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UST has been recognised for the third consecutive year for a unique corporate culture which is guided by COLORS of UST, a comprehensive strategic employee engagement framework that unites employees across all levels of the organisation through participative management.
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2022 Small Organisation Winner, Peldon Rose, share their cultural challenges and goals following the pandemic. They outline how they have gone about creating and nurturing a workplace culture which sparks connections and supports their people and what the response has been.
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The integration of Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment had seen these two established organisations come together at a cultural level, striking a balance between the pre-existing business cultures in the creation of the new one; one of the toughest business culture challenges of all.
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An All Company Culture Week is a major investment of resource but for the 2022 Working Environments & Practices Winner, Personio, it’s been an invaluable way to create space for teams to connect, collaborate, and strategise together; particularly when this could be the only time some colleagues see each during the year.
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Coaching, mentoring and personal development is a fundamental aspect of the culture at CAE Technology Services. Cultivating a coaching atmosphere gives their people the experience of everyday learning and develops the business. Here they outline 5 steps for developing a coaching mindset in organisations.
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Mortgage Advice Bureau, one of the UK’s leading mortgage advice brands, partnered with Culture Consultancy, to ensure that their business culture aligned with their strategic ambition. The company was going through a period of transformational change, with the potential to completely reinvent and improve the experience of their customers.
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The collaboration between Aurora, a strategic communications business and consultancy Corporate Punk, tackled a project borne of the understanding that it is culture that drives innovation, with a resulting impact on results. The whole company were taken on this journey and engaged in building the future culture.
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Cambridge University Press & Assessment scooped one of the top Awards in 2021 for their drive to create a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. The initiative, started in 2015, has made it normal for those in the organisation to challenge the status quo.
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Crown Worldwide Group have enjoyed sixty years of success as a global logistics business; operating in 50 countries with 4,000 employees. The pandemic has been a catalyst to scrutinise every corner of the business; to look after their people and future-proof the business.
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Dragonfish Consulting were presented with the award for Culture Consultancy of the Year 2021/22, as well as being Highly Commended in the Business Transformation category for their work with Ordnance Survey..
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Vynamic’s Pandemic Response video highlights the global efforts made to support their team and foster a healthy culture through crisis. This led to a High Commendation from the judging panel in the Business Culture in a Crisis category 2021.
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Mitie, the UK’s leading facilities management company, has recently been acknowledged for its industry leading approach to supporting diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the workplace, by receiving three awards for its D&I initiatives, in partnership with the consultancy t-three.
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Winners for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021, it’s all about living their values of Respect, Ethics, Activism and Love for REAL Fundraising. Our judges remarked upon the company’s wonderfully innovative strategies to embedding values in action.
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DE&I Winners at the end of 2020, Foxtons understand that creating the most inclusive and diverse environment benefits not only each and every one of their team members, but also the communities in which they work. Here they share the crucial behaviours and practices embedded throughout the company.
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XPS Pensions Group and Emperor were crowned Overall Winners at the Business Culture virtual awards event in November 2020. Here official media partner, The People Space report on the event and what made this initiative so special.
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This year, company culture has been tested like never before. Without the office environment, it’s essentially the employee & the ‘bare bones’ of the task in hand. Read more about the Temenos culture & how it led to the company winning the prestigious Award for ‘Culture in a Crisis’.
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Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has won a Business Culture Award for Innovation. Their Innovation Culture Program is aimed at scaling innovation across the company to make it a thinking organization.
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Applus + is a Spanish multinational inspection, testing and certification company, operating in a highly technical space. They have been recognised in 2020 for the commitment of their employees, their talent management and culture.
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It was clear that a workplace transformation was required at Appreciate Group Plc if the organisation was to become an innovative, Digital-first business where people collaborated to develop solutions for its customers at pace. The cultural change required was seismic.
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As a PR and marketing company, TWI have been writing winning award submissions for clients for years, but are now winners themselves for their own business culture leadership. Here they share their top eight reasons for entering awards.
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A specialist in virtual learning, Cirrus has been able to support clients who already engaged in virtual global programmes as well as supporting others to transition from a face-to-face to a virtual environment to maintain learning momentum. They are Finalists in 2 categories.
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Be Caring is as an employee-owned social enterprise whose culture and values are at the heart of everything they do. During the pandemic, their “Be Safe” value came to the fore as they rapidly implemented new processes and ways of working.
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Creating their new vision, purpose and values has been an invaluable step for Catalyst, one of the UK’s leading housing associations. They have redefined the organisation’s identity, integrity, ambition and strategic direction, both through their merger and through the pandemic.
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Very, a fully-distributed IoT engineering firm based in the US, were honored by the Business Culture Awards as a Highly Commended organisation for their Transformation; going fully remote pre-pandemic.
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The Resilience Development Company was recognised as Consultancy of the Year for building a resilient culture at an international bank. Engagement raised. Dramatic reductions in turnover. Culture enhanced.
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Huge Congratulations to WWL NHS Foundation Trust who were awarded Overall Winner at the Business Culture Awards 2019.
WWL’s dedication to improving patient care shows through the many accolades awarded to them on the night.
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Domestic & General’s culture was suffering change fatigue. Something had to change. This is where D&G partnered up with Business fourzero for help to identify passionate ‘Firelighters’.
Their work has helped to increase D&G’s employee engagement.
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Orcha received Highly Commended in the Technology and Analytics category at this year’s awards night.
Orcha were praised by our judges for their 4 core values of fun, curiosity, collaboration and trust.
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The relationship between pharma companies and their key NHS customers are undergoing rapid change.
Sanofi’s Diabetes and Cardiovascular division recently challenged Rubica to transform engagement with key customers and help shift their mindsets.
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We are excited to announce our friends at Hive Learning have launched a new online community for D&I leaders and culture visionaries to swap ideas, share insights, and troubleshoot challenges so that we can all make progress faster.
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This year’s Best Next Generation Initiative for Business Culture was awarded to t-three and their client Sainsbury’s. Together, they were able to create an award-winning, “Leading Starts Here”, training programme, complementing the retailer’s already unique and iconic culture.
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Peel L&P walked away as the Best Medium Organisation for Business Culture at this year’s Awards. Director of People & Culture, Carrie Westwell reflects on their well-deserved win, hailing their People Team as the reason for their successful workplace engagement and overall culture.
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Cirrus and Reckitt Benckiser (RB) have been named Business Culture Team Award Winners. RB have made huge investments to create a physical environment to support modern, collaborative ways of working. Together, Cirrus and RB have embedded a shared understanding of RB’s journey towards their ‘Pathway to Excellence’.
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In case you missed it, you can tune in to the webinar by management consultants Cirrus, sharing insights on driving high performance and cultural transformation through their work with client Standard Chartered; which saw the partnership win at the Business Culture Awards.
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When we live in a society where people worry more about money than their health, businesses need to respond to the financial wellbeing of their employees. The People Space share insights from our Gold Partner, Aegis, on what employers can do to ensure stability and control for their staff, leading to improved health and happiness.
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Superb video produced by Wharton Business Consulting, showcasing their talented team and network of associates, sharing how they are challenging the traditional consultancy model; and leading ultimately to their recognition as Business Culture Awards 2019 Winners in the Leadership category.
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World-class home designers and builders, Mount Anvil, share their insights on prioritising a business model which is focussed on people and purpose, which is to “create outstanding places where people can thrive”. Mount Anvil were shortlisted at the Business Culture Awards 2019.
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Paul Frith, Director & Co-Founder of Rubica, shares the consultancy’s work with Sanofi UK, which led to their recognition at the 2019 Business Culture Awards. Their multi-faceted approach is a response to the increasingly challenging landscape within global life sciences and builds a positive workplace culture.
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BizSpace have been recognised as 2019 Finalists in one of the new Business Culture Awards Categories: Best Workplace Design. Read about how the company have acknowledged the power a physical workplace has on employee collaboration, engagement and productivity.
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Peel L&P’s Director of People & Culture, Carrie Westwell, speaks about their 2019 Finalist recognition across 2 categories. Peel L&P’s leadership journey started back in 2014, identifying room for improvement within their people management, culture and company-wide communications.
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Very covers all bases of your internet needs, providing clients with design experts, software engineers and product developers. Read about how the company’s values coincide with their effective innovative services, which has seen the company named Business Culture Awards Finalists 2019.
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Global drinks giant, The Absolut Company, have been shortlisted for two Business Culture Awards based on their work with the culture change and engagement tool, Cultr. Together they were able to engage Absolut’s diverse workforce through innovative and interactive approaches.
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People-Made and client Allied Irish Bank UK have been shortlisted as Business Culture Awards Finalists in 2 categories following a successful 3-year culture change journey with the main aim to re-energise the business through radically shifting behaviours and mindsets tackling the organisation’s deep-rooted issues.
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A partnership which began in 2018 has seen the turnaround of global marketing company, Catalina, together with PUSH Mind & Body, transform a rigid organisational structure with high staff turnover to a business which is ‘fit for future’, earning the pair Finalists status at the Business Culture Awards 2019.
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Adelle Harrington from global talent advisory services organisation, KellyOCG and Lead Partner to the Business Culture Awards, asks us to question our current employment strategies and urges us to ‘ditch the script’ on outdated talent rules, sharing how to move forward in today’s working environment, brought to you by The People Space.
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The Business Culture Awards 2019 Finalists were announced live at this event superbly hosted by IBM, who also shared their recent D&I research, alongside fantastic case studies from XPO Logistics and our Lead Partner, KellyOCG, revealing their approaches to culture and talent management.
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We are delighted to welcome digital learning specialists, Hive Learning, as our new Diversity & Inclusion Category Partner for the 2019/20 Business Culture Awards and Events.
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Speaking with Sheridan Orr, from CultureIQ, the global culture management company and Principal Partner to The Business Culture Awards, The People Space share her insights on the interconnections between brand and culture.
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HR and business leaders were welcomed into the funky Camden head offices of Dr. Marten’s for the next instalment of Business Culture Club events. Incredible speakers from Dr. Martens, innocent drinks and Principal Partners, CultureIQ, shared exceptional case studies on culture performance and change.
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t-three reflect on their success with Jaguar Land Rover, and the establishment of the ground-breaking ‘Great Line Manager’ programme carried out across 17 countries, improving confidence & performance, earning them a finalist position at the Business Culture Awards 2018.
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Craig Jospeh, CEO of intY, a global distributor of cloud services, shares the organisations’ award-winning turnaround story with The People Space. intY’s transformation case study saw Craig and Chief People Officer Becky Hunt recognised as Business Culture Champions 2019 Winners.
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Hear from leadership specialists, Cirrus, on how their partnership with Standard Chartered saw the development of the “Leaders Drive Performance” programme, earning themselves the International Award at our Business Culture Awards Night.
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At the second Business Culture Club event of 2019 we were invited into Kellogg’s MediaCity UK offices to hear from the company, alongside disruptive law firm, gunnercooke and Principal Partners, CultureIQ, sharing their inspirational case studies with a focus on agility and innovation.
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Check out The People Space’s quickfire Q&A with Kellogg’s HR Director, European Functions & Culture Change Lead, Stephanie Atkinson, as she discusses her involvement in their culture change journey and why the cereal giant is a very special place to work.
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Insightful case study from Sian Harrington at The People Space on utilising your employee’s talents and problem-solving skills to create a culture of innovation and engagement, featuring our Technology and Analytics 2019 Winners, Southern Company.
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Our 2019 Business Culture Award winners share their stories in this 48-page booklet. Get your copy at one of our Business Culture Club Events or register below to receive a free electronic copy.
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The People Space celebrate our Business Culture Awards 2019 Gold Winners, gunnercooke, with this inspiring case study on how the law firm has challenged tradition by choosing to put customers and culture at the heart of the business.
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2019’s Small Organisation Winner, PR & Digital consultancy Cirkle, is intent on driving their employee engagement and culture initiatives even further. Read about their commitment to staff wellbeing, underlined by their recent Ironman Challenge.
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Standard Chartered and Cirrus have won this year’s Business Culture International Award in recognition of their Leaders Drive Performance (LDP) programme, described by judges as “striking, impressive, innovative, creative and very comprehensive.”
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According to FromHereOn, ‘the 3 big levers of culture are people, place and technology. Their transformation work with BT has been shortlisted in the 2018 Business Culture Awards.
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Derbyshire-based weight-loss organisation Slimming World has been shortlisted for two Business Culture Awards, and they attribute their success to a passionate team and inclusive, supportive atmosphere.
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Great culture transformation case study featuring the UKTV turnaround in partnership with 2017 Business Culture Consultancy Award winners The Culture Builders from our Media Partner The People Space.
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Very have been named Business Culture Award Finalists 2018 for their adoption of holacracy, an organisational approach where authority and decision-making power are distributed throughout the organisation rather than a traditional top-down management hierarchy.
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Miranda Wheatley Price, Director of Organisational Change & Excellence at Rubica UK, speaks about becoming a BCA 2018 finalist and shares her insights on the culture change work with Blue Chip Technology that led to their nomination.
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2018 Finalists Corporate Punk have worked hard to champion a new type of culture change: one grounded in organisational psychology and a unique mix of consulting, leadership development and team training.
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2017 Winner Simon Gosney shares the person-centred approach to talent management that has helped learning disabilities charity Dimensions to achieve enviable employee engagement.
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Our 2018 Business Culture Award winners share their stories in this 28-page booklet. Get your copy at one of our Breakfasts or register below to receive a free electronic copy.
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Great article by Sian Harrington at our media partner ThePeopleSpace on culture transformation at the Financial Times, which earned them an award at the 2017 Business Culture Awards.
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At the third Business Culture Breakfast of 2018 we heard 3 inspirational case studies from AECOM, the Home Office and Transport for London at the beautiful Aldgate Tower Offices, London.
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The first Business Culture Breakfast of 2018 featured 3 inspirational case studies from the banking (Charles Stanley), housing (RHP) and technology (Revium Group) sectors, and was hosted by Squire Patton Boggs in London.
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The Awards Dinner took place on Wednesday 29th November at the 5 Star Royal Garden Hotel, London, to celebrate the forward-thinking organisations who have been judged the 2017 Winners.
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Sian Harrington at ThePeopleSpace celebrates how a strong focus on purpose during a major cultural change programme and impressive financial results secured XPO Logistics the Gold award at the Business Culture Awards 2017.
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Chair of Judges Tim Pointer spoke at myHRcareers event ‘Winning Strategies of 2018’ on Jan 31, 2018, showcasing best-in-class organisational strategies from the Business Culture Award winners.
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A background on Coventry University London’s engaging simulation-based approach for students at their London campus, for which they were recognised as a Highly Commended organisation at the Business Culture Awards.
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Business Culture: enabler of failure or success
Chair of Judges Tim Pointer believes high-performance culture provides a reputational halo that translates into commercial advantage.
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Why You Need to Nurture Your Culture
Great culture is one of the key things talented individuals look for in an organisation. Why is this and what can you do?
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Chair of Judges Tim Pointer speaks about the importance of building future performance reliant on changing our business approach today, enhancing customer-centricity; product innovation; brand integration; colleague collaboration; or digital transformation.
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Volunteer Power
Celine Schillinger, Head, Quality Innovation & Engagement at Sanofi Pasteur & Business Culture Award Winner 2016 shares her insights on the impact of “volunteerism” on culture.
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How 5 Companies Bring Their Values to Life
Challenge your thinking by seeing how different companies have found innovative ways to create unique cultures.
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Business Culture Award winning Schneider Electric are celebrated for their diverse and inclusive work culture and their range of programmes promoting gender equality in the workplace.
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Launching as recently as February 2015, ROAST already employs over 50 people. Putting focus on their culture as they build the business has been instrumental to their success to date.