Hearts welcome TDS as Training Kit Partner

Heart of Midlothian is delighted to welcome TDS as its new Training Kit Partner.

Test Driven Solutions will feature across both the men’s and women’s first team training kits for season 2025/26, in a commercial deal worth six-figures and marking the club’s first dedicated Training Kit Partner.

Newcastle-based TDS are a tech consultancy focused on software development, with particular expertise in platform engineering and testing. Whilst headquartered in Newcastle, TDS has a global presence, with offices in Canada and Poland.  Trusted by a host of international companies, including world-leading banks and renewable energy companies, they were founded in 2020 by Hearts fan Sam Clark. Thanks to family relations in Edinburgh, Sam has been attending matches at Tynecastle Park since he was a child. 

The TDS brand will now adorn staff and players’ training wear as well as travel wear and matchday warm up and walkout tops.

Speaking about the partnership, Catriona McCallum, Hearts’ Director of Commercial and Marketing said; “Throughout our conversations with Sam and his team at TDS, it’s been clear that we have so many shared values and it’s exciting for us to be working with another ambitious company with a global outlook. 

“I’d like to thank our Commercial & Marketing teams for their hard work in closing another strong deal for the club.  We are sure that our supporters will give TDS a warm welcome into the Hearts family and we’re excited to help support the next phase of growth for Test Driven Solutions.”

Sam Clark, founder and CEO of TDS, said; “It is a real privilege to be working with Hearts as the new Official Training Kit Partner.  As a lifelong Hearts fan, I cannot wait to see the Test Driven Solutions branding proudly adorn the new training and travel items worn by the men’s and women’s first teams.  At TDS, we’ve got ambitions to disrupt the bigger players in the market and we see real similarities with Hearts in that sense.

“We’re really excited to be part of the new era for the club.  The conversations I’ve had with the team at Hearts so far have been really exciting and our shared ambitions to continue growing together make for a hugely powerful partnership.”

The full range of 25.26 hummel training wear, travel wear and walkout jerseys are available to buy online at Hearts Direct by clicking here. Supporters will be able to have the TDS branding applied to their training, travel and walkout items for a small fee. 

For more information about TDS and their services, click here.