FirstGroup is a FTSE-listed, multi-national provider of public transport, serving millions of passengers throughout the UK.
Since our inception in 2004, our partnership with FirstGroup has delivered more than 60 websites including First Bus UK, First Travel Solutions, Aircoach, and RailAir.
We support the group’s digital strategy across numerous aspects from design and build, through to infrastructure, security, PCI-compliance, patching and maintenance.
From first click to next bus
We have been ever-present as the online market has matured, through the development of mobile responsive sites, online ticket sales, journey planning and real-time next bus functionality.
Our team has built an intricate understanding of the businesses and systems and continue to maintain relationships with individuals at all levels of the organisation.
year partnership
We support digital strategy across design and build, through to infrastructure, security, PCI-compliance, patching and maintenance.
One million customers per day
First Bus carries over 1 million passengers every day across its UK network, with digital services supported by Spider Online.
Driving progress together
Our expertise has been pivotal for FirstGroup as the business has expanded and changed over the years. The relationship continues to flourish.
A partnership that moves forward
Our expertise has been pivotal for FirstGroup as the business has expanded and changed over the years.
The relationship continues to flourish with ongoing support and a consistent stream of new developments.
For us, it’s just the start of the journey.
Platforms and technologies used
Drupal
Open-source back-end framework powering the most flexible and scalable enterprise level CMS available
AWS
Highly reliable and scalable infrastructure platform that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses
Terraform
Infrastructure as code tool to build, change, and version infrastructure safely and efficiently
MySQL
The world’s most popular open source database with proven performance and reliability
PHP
Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers the most popular websites in the world
Flutter
Open-source UI toolkit to build cross-platform apps for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase
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