Star's senior management team are expected to lead by example at all times. Whether it's in a review, a team event, or just day-to-day communication, they will always refer back to the Star core values and act accordingly.

The company supplies free fruit to staff on weekly basis, operates a cycle-to-work scheme and considers all flexible working requests. In addition, a series of ‘Keep in Touch' days are available to staff who are on maternity leave.

As a family owned and run business, co-founder and CEO Lewis Field takes pride in treating staff as family and showing interest in them, their personal lives and their families. Lewis very much has an open door policy and welcomes ideas, innovation and suggestions from all staff.

Formal annual reviews happened twice yearly at the end of year and mid year. Outside of this the Managing Director has frequent one-to-ones with the management team and KPIs are monitored. Employees are encouraged to give feedback on their own managers as part of the annual review process.

Roc have an employee share scheme, with everyone owning part of the business. The firm also has a quarterly review meeting where it awards gold disks for exceptional 'Roc Star' performance combined with a dinner voucher at a fancy restaurant and a parking space for a month.

There's a cycle-to-work scheme and Redington use black-and-white, double-sided printing. They upgrade their PCs every three years and have introduced flexible working. RedSTART is the firm's own charity dedicated to financial education.

Mitesh fosters an atmosphere of open communication. The firm keeps employees involved in decision-making. There are New-Joiner Breakfasts, one-to-one catch ups and lunches. He does floor-walks in the open-plan office and is always available for discussion.

Each new starter has the mission, values and vision described. At each quarterly kick-off, the values are referred to along with the ProClinical Ethos, which includes every principle by which they expect employees to behave and reminds staff of what they offer them as an employer.

Senior management are committed to the company's values. They take new starters for coffee and operate an open door policy. Everyone had an input into the company values and quarterly update videos and team meetings keep employees informed about events within the business.

The three founders personify the company values. They're hands-on, working closely with staff at all levels. They sit in the open-plan office and foster an open, honest, collegiate, entrepreneurial, ambitious and fun working environment through their approach.

One of the core principles is ‘we are all lucky generals' - this means no discipline outranks another. There's no hierarchy or politics, no one is above plumping cushions or making tea. They don't encourage greedy competitiveness and are always a team.

The leadership team are formally measured twice a year against entrepreneurship and teamwork. They also have an initiative offering further clarity on brand priorities and culture, 'Senses and Culture', which includes detail on their three brand priorities and the key words that represent the shared values.