About Us

We've been building web sites since 1994 and we've been building sites for businesses in Lanzarote since 2003.  We have a proven track record of delivering excellent results for our customers and we pride ourselves on the level of service we offer.

Since beginning development in the dark days of HTML 1.0 (when web pages were grey, the only font was Times New Roman, and graphics just couldn't be done) we have always pushed the limits of technology and we are now developing to XHTML and CSS with the very latest tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Expression Studio.  If you don't know what XHTML and CSS are, don't worry - it just means that we build sites with the most standard, widely accepted, and recognised site code. 

In 1997 we purchased our own network and in 1998 we launched the first multi-vendor electronic commerce system available in the UK.  In 2003 we moved to Lanzarote and launched NISCO (we also had a computer shop for a while but this was closed due to ill health).  In 2007, our developers moved back to the UK and launched Ladybird Internet Ltd which now builds services for NISCO and web sites for customers in Lanzarote with support from the sales and marketing team who remain on the island and maintain very close contact with customers who need personal attention.

We take pride in the recognition that we have as being industry leaders and we are also a Microsoft Partner, a Microsoft Hosting Partner, a Microsoft Small Business Specialist, a Microsoft Accountancy Network Partner, and our senior developer is also an Associate Member of The Institution of Analysts and Programmers. 

In 2008 we began leasing our servers on a long term basis in order to divert a lot more investment into our software platforms and this has meant many sites being upgraded to our new Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and other server platforms such as Microsoft SharePoint Services.  We continue to invest heavily in development software, server technologies, and marketing campaigns with Google and other leading search engines. 

We do not believe that code should ever need to be written twice and we are always looking for ways in which our technologies can be reused - for example, the code for Lanzarote Maps is now powering a leading UK portal (contact us for more information) and our search engine technologies are being rolled out to provide very localised search engines in the UK and The Lanzarote Search Engine is a direct result of this reuse of code.

If you have an idea a please get in touch - we have also been known to partner new startups and this is an exciting part of our operations which is becoming increasingly important to us.