That might explain why the web design company is now out of business.

They probably changed the room rate and copyright year periodically

You apparently haven't tried looking for a web design house to work with lately. Maybe not that dated, but often 10 to 15 years behind the present times.

I don't know what kind of websites you were using in 2006, but most small companies in Europe were literally just getting online, and their owners' ideas of design were vastly different than what the designers would recommend.

Those kind of simple HTML websites were going for over 1500 Euros, which is insane, since Wordpress and Drupal existed and had way better themes and functionality.

People just weren't interested or seeing the possibilities of the Web, even in 2006 (and even today!), they just got a website because it was a "new fad" or someone said they can get more customers.

Tell you honestly, I prefer these kind of informative websites rather than nowadays Bootstrap blobs, where you need to full-page scroll several times trying to get some idea but all you get is 3 large icons in a row and sometimes a big green button if you're lucky.