Format-3 shortlisted for two UK Agency Awards in recognition of trailblazing approach
Digital innovation studio – Format-3 – has been shortlisted for two different categories of the UK Agency Awards 2025.
Pioneering the next generation of transformative tech for its clients, the studio – which positions itself as an innovation partner – is among the respected finalists for both the Digital Agency of the Year and B2B Agency of the Year (Small) awards.
Founded in 2023 by self-made entrepreneur, Hardy Sidhu, Format-3 moves beyond the remit of traditional digital agency, specialising in the ideation, creation and maintenance of cutting-edge apps, platforms and digital products. The studio operates as a collaborative extension of the teams it serves, embedding into their world to accelerate genuine, value-added growth.
Now in its ninth year, the UK Agency Awards celebrate the UK’s most innovative, impactful, and forward-thinking agencies across the creative, digital, design, marketing, advertising, and media sectors.
The Digital Agency of the Year and B2B Agency of the Year (Small) categories both stand testament to Format-3s outstanding performance, growth, results, and originality of work – already significant after just two years.
Judges recognised Format-3’s distinctly collaborative approach, as well as its commitment to long-term digital transformation that benefits wider society as well as the direct companies served.
Format-3 is making waves across all kinds of companies and sectors – making a particularly marked difference in the SME space, upon serving as a funding incubator and accelerator that helps bring socially valuable business ideas to market.
Hardy Sidhu, Founder of Format-3, said: “It’s great to be appreciated for what we do –particularly so early on. I created Format-3 to break out of tired agency models, instead aiming to build something genuinely impactful. Being shortlisted for not one but two categories shows there’s real appetite for change – and we’re proud to be at the forefront of it”.
Hardy eventually aims to invest company profits into things like helping young people and disadvantaged communities to develop core digital skills.
Winners of the UK Agency Awards 2025 will be announced at a live ceremony in London on the 11th of September.
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