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GUEST FOREWORD by Andrew Mills
CEO, ITS
HIGHLIGHTS
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FRONT COVER FEATURE: TRUE GRIT Outrank founder and CEO Stephen Robinson on how resilience, a superpower and Teesside grit helped shape his business
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INSPIRATION IN ACTION Top 30 business leaders – as voted for by their peers – hailed at uplifting InspiraTees event
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The UK, and especially our region, is entering a once-in-a-generation period of investment in critical infrastructure, creating significant opportunities for businesses that can combine engineering excellence and digital innovation.
At ITS, we’ re seeing increasing demand for automation, robotics, digitalisation, cybersecurity and AIenabled solutions that help customers improve resilience, productivity and sustainability.
AI won’ t replace engineering expertise and specialist knowhow, but it will transform how infrastructure is designed, operated and maintained, enabling smarter decisions, predictive maintenance and greater operational efficiency.
We know that the Tees Valley is well placed to lead this transition, with its exceptional talent, can-do attitude and collaborative business community.
Tees Business continues to champion the people and companies driving that success. That is reflected in this issue, where you can view the highlights from both the seventh annual Tees Tech Awards and this year’ s InspiraTees list of the region’ s most inspirational business leaders.
Congratulations to Outrank on being named Tech Business of the Year – with their CEO Stephen Robinson the
Solely dedicated to talking up business, Tees Business exists to build, foster and inspire a vibrant and supportive business community in the Tees region. focus of the cover feature – and to Double Eleven’ s Kimberley Turner on becoming the first female Tees Tech Ambassador. Also to Bill Scott( again!) on topping the InspiraTees poll for a third consecutive year.
Also within these pages, you can read about the successful launch of this year’ s superb edition of This Is Tees Valley, sister publication of Tees Business, while I look forward to the Tees Business team’ s latest exciting project, October’ s inaugural Tees Business Showcase & Forum, which you can also read about and discover how your business can get involved.
Enjoy the read!
A TOWN REIMAGINED How successful City of Culture bid could transform Middlesbrough’ s economy, confidence and future
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A TECH CELEBRATION Plaudits and positivity at seventh Tees Tech Awards
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