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Gandy-Draper are often asked about providing PC repair services in Lanzarote. Although we don’t provide these services ourselves, in such cases we always recommend the experienced engineer we use for our own systems, Andy Gordon of Macher.

Andy has many years of high level experience as a professional IT engineer gained whilst working for companies in the UK before moving to Lanzarote several years ago. In the opinion of Gandy-Draper, his expertise is second to none on the island. Unlike many computer repair companies in Lanzarote, Andy Gordon will travel anywhere on the island to deliver his services in your office or home, and also collects and deliver equipment that can not be repaired instantly on-site.

Andy’s services include:

• Computer system installation and set-up
• Windows 98/Me/2K7XP/Vista configuration
• Virus detection and elimination
• Internet and email connection
• ADSL installation and set-up
• Wireless networking
• PC repairs and reloads
• Hardware upgrades

If you don’t see what you need on this list, give Andy a call on +34 696 247 348 or email him, we are sure he can help you whatever your problem.

The suppliers listed in our partners section are here because we regularly work with these individuals or companies. There are no financial or other reciprocal arrangements, this is not paid for advertising – these listings are here as we believe these suppliers can provide services related or complimentary to our own, and we know they deliver what they promise.

Playa Blanca businessman Stuart Chambers approached Gandy-Draper to supply a website to promote his new venture Playa Blanca Rentals. Playa Blanca Rentals is a low-cost service aimed at residents or people moving to Playa Blanca who are looking for long term rental villas and apartments. The brief was to supply a site that looked clean and inviting and communicated the simplicity of the service offered, and to present the venture as a cost-effective alternative for both owners and tenants to the way in which long term rentals in Playa Blanca have previously been arranged. Playa Blanca Rentals has also retained Gandy-Draper to provide online promotion and marketing consultancy support as the business develops.

Already a client of Gandy-Draper´s advertising and marketing services, Graham and Susan, the owners of Hubs and Tubs approached the company to provide a web site for his new venture, a bike and hot tub hire shop in CC Papagayo, Playa Blanca. The aim of the site was to promote their services via a clean and uncluttered site which showed off, as well as conventional bikes, their more unusual and exclusive offerings. The site offers booking enquiries and also includes embedded YouTube footage of the stepper bike, for which the company has an exclusive distributorship deal for throughout the Canary Islands.

The Irish Anvil is one of the best known bars in Playa Blanca, with it’s fantastic sea view terrace overlooking Fuerteventura, and their nightly entertainment. The brief was to create a simple, low maintenance and attractive site that communicated the bars reputation for fine food and entertainment. Tying in with the forum on Canary Nightlife allows users to provide feedback and reviews of the bar without the need for monitoring, and the time that involves, by the bars owners.

Mathparri, an exclusive hair and beauty salon in Puerto Calero marina approached Gandy-Draper to redesign an their site. The existing site had been put together by a friend. The brief was to provide the salon with a site more in keeping with their very strong branding and present and reflect their high end of the market positioning. In addition the company had very ambitions expansion plans to offer Mathparri branded salons as a business opportunity throughout Europe through one of Gandy-Draper’s other clients, Lanzarote Business Sales. It was thought that for the future development of the brand and their planned expansion a much more professional website was a must.

26 Chalets is a new development of 26 properties in Playa Blanca. If you know Playa Blanca it’s unlikely you have missed their big red banners as you enter the town from Yaiza. UGR, the Spanish property developers, already had a website but were looking for a redesign as the original was built entirely in Flash and had a number of limitations due to this. Firstly, the owners wanted to be able to update the site easily, and secondly, the site was not figuring as well in searches as it might. UGR wanted to rectify these issues and came to Gandy-Draper with this brief.

The resulting site though incorporating an number of Flash elements is built primarily in HTML, and answers the original brief. With some knowledge of the Internet UGR can now update their site easily using Dreamweaver, and the Flash elements are all extremely easy to update. The site is available in both English and Spanish.

Montaña Villas and Pools approached Gandy-Draper to create a website that reflected their position as Lanzarote’s leading pool and spa supplier. The family run company operates the largest pool and spa warehouse on the island.

The brief for the website was clear. The site should be of clean design, clutter free and easy to navigate. Taking the long-term view MVP wanted a site that could be managed by the directors to allow for growth and regular changes in product ranges, so it includes a full Content Management (CMS) to allow for these regular updates.

The family of Yann Fouéré, one of the best known personalities within the Breton movement asked for the help of Gandy-Draper in setting up a French and English website to promote their recently formed foundation, Fondation Yann Fouéré. The site, in addition to providing information about Yann Fouéré, is aiming to provide a valuable resource of historic information about the Breton movement.

Budget was a consideration as the foundation has been entirely funded by the family, so Gandy-Draper proposed an off-the shelf solution, that would easily make it possible to offer French and English language translations, as well as allow the foundation itself to manage the content in its entirety.

Lanzarote Business Sales approached Gandy-Draper to assist in conveying their unique and highly personal approach to business sales on the island. As previous clients the team behind Lanzarote Business Sales knew that Gandy-Draper could deliver a site that was designed to reflect their vision.

The resulting site includes a complete Content Management System (CMS) , which allows control over all of the site content, including menu structures, in three languages. It also encompasses a highly sophisticated method of managing the display of properties which enables the company to tailor the site for individual buyers and sellers.

Live Angler was an ambitious project commissioned by a UK client. The site combines the functionality of sites such as YouTube and PhotoBucket to allow anglers worldwide to share their videos, photographs, and experiences. The site also combined many of the functions of a community site, allowing its members to interact with each other both in public and through private messaging. During the BETA testing stage Gandy-Draper received a comment describing Live Angler as a ‘world class site’ we believe it is!

In addition to the project deliverables Gandy-Draper were retained to manage, maintain and assist in its promotion.