It is hard to reflect on the last 20 years without feeling nostalgic for 2004, when not only was Spindogs founded, Facebook was launched and the Nintendo DS appeared on the scene. There were no iPhones, no X (Twitter), no streaming platforms, and a very different economic climate in which to start a business.
We were enjoying the music hangover of the 90’s and seeing a more informal business culture emerge, and had no idea of the speed with which the digital landscape would develop and transform.
20 years of Spindogs
Spindogs began as the brainchild of two product design students, at what was then UWIC, now Cardiff Metropolitan University, and with the confidence of youth they founded an agency with the aim of empowering small businesses to take advantage of everything the web could offer at that time.
Not only that, Spindogs began with little investment and uncompromising social values, as well as a commitment to make every site as search friendly as possible.
Fast forward 5 years to 2009 and Spindogs had established its regional reputation, building trust and credibility with their clients and the local market, moving to our office in Cardiff Bay where we would stay for over 10 years. What began as one room with all of the team in the same space, grew to four floors with a multidisciplinary team, delivering solutions that would support our clients in becoming more successful, as would we alongside them.
5 years later in 2014, we had significantly developed our reputation in the automotive sector, working closely with clients such as Hyundai UK, building bespoke technical systems to help drive opportunity, revenue and customer satisfaction.
We spent the next 5 years developing our team, both organically and through 2 acquisitions, one in the South East of England and one in South Wales, and these additions helped us develop our work in bespoke systems, with sectors such as membership organisations and education. This was a period of great change, but nothing compared to what was about to come next!
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Fast forward to 2019, and from then to now has brought the most growth, both team wise and as business leaders. With the global pandemic, an office move, a large internal system upgrade, sector diversification and a remote team throughout the UK and Europe we have had to dedicate our time, energy and expertise to maintaining the experience our team and clients have as part of the Spindogs community. It has been challenging but immensely rewarding, and we are extremely proud of how the team has tackled the changes the last 5 years have involved.
What’s next?
As we move through 2024 delivering game changing solutions for organisations such as the NHS, Harley-Davidson, Peabody, Northern Sea Transition Authority, and phs we are excited to share with you the next phase of our journey. We are indebted to our network for their consistent and unfaltering trust and support over the last 20 years and would like to say thank you to everyone who has been a part of our story so far.
As we embark on this new chapter we invite you to get involved, we would love to see you at one of our events, either online or in person, or if you just fancy a chat, give us a call, we would love to hear from you, and are keen to talk about what comes next!
