TEES TECH AWARDS 2026

SPONSORED BY BARCLAYS EAGLE LABS

FINALISTS

OBSERVE INTERACTIVE

Intasite directors Andy Martin and Danielle Croce with Sharon Braithwaite, centre, the Teesside ecosystem manager for Barclays Eagle Labs.

WINNER

More growth is on the cards for online site safety firm Intasite. The Stockton-based firm’ s constantly evolving digital platform continues to revolutionise on-site inductions, with a host of big names now on board. Over the past 12 months, three-year contracts were secured with the likes of

VodafoneThree, Mitie, Biffa and Southeastern Railway. Now Intasite has another award for the trophy cabinet. And according to commercial director Danielle Croce – the 2024 Tees Businesswoman of the Year – such recognition comes at a time of several new chapters in the Intasite story.

Danielle said:“ This is fantastic and it’ s come at such a great time for us because we’ re really scaling the business.

“ We’ ve grown the team significantly, we’ re moving offices and I think it’ s a great night to introduce the team to these awards and to celebrate how far we’ ve come.”

Founded in 2015, Intasite is now a 15-strong team – but a couple of new additions were expected within weeks of awards night.

And while the company is staying in Stockton’ s Level Q complex, it’ s moving into a new 3,283-sq ft office – four times the size of its current space, with dedicated collaboration areas, team rooms, a town hall space and boardroom.

Danielle said:“ The growth of the last 12 months has been great – a 50 % growth. And the types of clients we work with show we’ re really making an impact in terms of streamlining that whole induction and site access process for them.

“ Especially since Covid, we’ ve seen an increase in adapting this type of tech to reduce those manual processes and keep people safer on site. It’ s all about compliance, managing risk and keeping people safe.

“ We currently have around 85 clients live on the platform and we induct hundreds of thousands to the system every year.

“ And what’ s really great is we’ ve got about a 95 % retention rate. So, from day one, we’ ve hardly ever lost a client and we’ re really proud of that.

“ But I’ m just really pleased for the guys. We’ ve honed in on who we are as a business, what type of people we want to employ and I think we’ ve got really solid foundations with that – the whole team is brilliant.”

SPONSOR’ S MESSAGE

Sharon Braithwaite, Teesside ecosystem manager for Barclays Eagle Labs, said:“ Small businesses are a driving force behind local economies, creating jobs, innovation and impact in their communities.

“ Barclays Eagle Labs work alongside founders, helping support them from early ideas through to sustainable growth.

“ Sponsoring the Small Business of the Year Award allows us to recognise the resilience, ambition and determination it takes to build and grow a business.

“ The Tees Tech Awards shine a spotlight on the entrepreneurs shaping the future of the region and we’ re proud to help celebrate their success.”

One of the UK’ s most exciting emerging game studios, achieving rapid growth without startup capital, external investment or debt, Observer Interactive’ s team has expanded to 17 staff through a combination of commercial discipline and a strong work ethic.

Early successes included collaborating with Gorillaz on the revival of Kong Studios and the announcement of an original IP, Rover’ s Tale, in March 2026( published by Team17) – a title that’ s already generated significant industry and consumer excitement.

With several projects in development with two global streaming platforms, Observer Interactive continues to demonstrate exceptional momentum, creativity and ambition, firmly establishing itself as a studio with outstanding potential.

YELLOWBOX

Yellowbox is a Teesside-based full-service digital marketing agency that has grown from a small website-focused business into a multidiscipline agency supporting organisations across the UK.

Over the past year, the company has shifted from project-based work to a long-term retainer model, allowing it to deliver integrated marketing across web, SEO, paid advertising, email and social media.

Yellowbox has also strengthened its technical capability, becoming a Klaviyo Master Gold Partner and expanding its work with clients across education, manufacturing, logistics and retail.

As well as growth, the company remains committed to developing local talent.

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