Software and web development for European companies, on European hours

Since 28 June 2025, the European Accessibility Act has applied across the EU. It covers e-commerce and many other consumer services, and it reaches businesses outside the EU that sell to EU consumers. Microenterprises have some exemptions, but most growing companies are in scope.

In practice, the benchmark is WCAG 2.1 AA or higher. We build to WCAG 2.2 AA, test with keyboard and screen readers, and can audit an existing shop or app and fix what fails. For many clients this is the most pressing reason to rebuild.

GDPR and the ePrivacy rules on cookies apply in every EU country, with national regulators who take complaints seriously. A cookie banner that loads trackers before consent is still common, and still a breach.

We set up consent that works, keep data in EU regions where that matters to you, sign data processing agreements and document the systems we build. If you operate in regulated sectors such as energy, health or digital infrastructure, we can also help you prepare for the security duties of the NIS2 Directive.

European shoppers expect to pay their own way. Dutch customers use iDEAL, which is moving to the new Wero wallet over 2026 and 2027; Belgians use Bancontact, Spaniards Bizum and Swedes Swish. SEPA Direct Debit suits subscriptions across the eurozone.

We set these up through Stripe or Adyen and build multilingual sites with proper language versions for each market, so search engines show the right page to the right country.