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Technical Director

Colin Smith

Digital Strategist

Gordon McLachlan

Strategy Director

Rebecca McIntyre‑Smith

Managing Director

Rafal Zielinski

Head of Frontend

Gill Somerville

Account Manager

Steve Brown

Design Consultant

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Be honest.
Have no fear.

Our values are key to our culture. We put happiness before profit and are selective in working with the right clients on the right projects. Our policy of no set working hours delivers trust, autonomy, and flexibility for our staff.

Founded at the dawn of Web 2.0, our collective knowledge spans decades of Internet evolution.
2025

Primate launches new website

2023

Primate survives the cost of living crisis.

2022

We start the Lemur Foundation to help deliver pro bono work to charities

2021

Primate still endures global pandemic.

2020

Primate endures global pandemic.

2019

Primate moves office

2018

Primate v2.0 emerges.

2017

Primate launches new website

2016

We speak at NYC, Brighton, Edinburgh, Bucharest and Perth.

2014

harviestoun.com  wins two awards

2013

Primate relocates to Canonmills

2012

First full time employee joins Primate

2011

Bart, Espen, and Gordon found Primate

1996

Internet goes mainstream

1948

The first monkey is sent into space

1936

The first computer is invented

1790

Start of the industrial revolution

2.5M BC

First stone tools are developed

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65M BC

The evolution of the primate  begins

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