About Blue Flamingo

Digital enablers since 1999.

In numbers

Blue Flamingo in numbers

25

years in business, since 1999

250+

projects delivered

20+

specialists in the UK, Canada and around the world

4

offices in two countries

100+

client companies we work with

200+

websites we host and look after

5.0

average Google rating, from 29 reviews

7

countries our team works from

Where we work

Clients around the world, and a team to match.

World map: our clients are in Europe, Canada, the United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Japan and Australia, and our team works from the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Spain, Guatemala, Venezuela and India.

Where our clients are

Where our team is

What we’re like

Why we are different.

A marketing lens on everything

Both founders came from senior marketing roles. Every site and system starts with what it has to do for your business.

Big on design

We care how things look and feel, down to the last detail, because good design is what earns trust.

Complex made simple

We take on complicated requirements and turn them into software that is simple to use, on solid code.

Fluent in AI

We use AI in our own work every day, and build chatbots, tools and AI-assisted software for clients.

WordPress inside out

We know the platform inside out, are active in its community and attend WordCamps around the world.

Friendly, and we meet you

We are easy to reach and easy to work with. We meet our clients and speak to them regularly.

Project managers in the UK and Canada

A project manager in your time zone keeps the work on track and keeps you in the loop.

Every project a collaboration

We work closely with your team at every stage, and your knowledge shapes what we build.

Relationships that grow with you

We stay on after launch. Many of our clients have worked with us for years.

Our founders

Meet the founders.

Mark Francis, co-founder and CEO of Blue Flamingo

Mark Francis

Co-founder and CEO

Mark led marketing teams at the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange before co-founding Blue Flamingo with Tim in 1999. He has led the agency ever since, from its first websites to the AI work it does today.

Tim Husband, co-founder and CTO of Blue Flamingo

Tim Husband

Co-founder and CTO

Tim built his marketing career largely at Cisco in Canada. He co-founded Blue Flamingo with Mark in 1999 and has helped grow it from one office in London to four, with three of them in Canada.

Our journey

25 years of building for a web that keeps changing.

1999

Blue Flamingo founded

Mark Francis and Tim Husband start the agency and build their first websites for clients.

2003

WordPress is released

A free, open platform that went on to run a large share of the web, and much of what we build.

2007

The iPhone changes web design

Websites now had to work on a small touch screen. Responsive design became the standard.

2017

Toronto office opens

Our first office in Canada.

2018

Vancouver office opens

A second Canadian office, on the west coast.

2018

GDPR comes into force

Privacy, consent and data handling became part of every website brief.

2019

20 years in business

Two decades of websites and software for our clients.

2020

Calgary office opens

Our third office in Canada.

2022

ChatGPT arrives

Generative AI goes mainstream and changes how software and content are made.

2024

AI answers at the top of Google

Search starts answering questions itself, and being cited by AI becomes part of SEO.

2024

25 years and 250+ projects

A quarter of a century, and more than 250 projects delivered.

2025

Clutch top web design company

Named a top web design company in London and in Toronto.

Read: A lot has changed in 25 years

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