Trusted by 27+ UK tech companies in 2026
We physically visit every partner's office and reject 95% of applicants.
So You Don't Have To.
"Vetted" isn't just a buzzword for us. Before any company joins our exclusive portfolio, they must pass a rigorous on-site audit. We physically visit their offices, meet their owners, and verify their financial stability.
Our Promise: We only represent partners we would hire ourselves.
Why Eastern Europe?
The sweet spot for UK tech companies: world-class engineering talent without the timezone headaches or excessive costs.
Same Time Zone
1-3 hour difference from UK. Real-time collaboration is the default.
EU Standards
GDPR compliant, ISO certified. Legal frameworks that align with UK.
English Fluency
C1/C2 level minimum. Fluent technical English is mandatory.
Cultural Fit
Agile/Scrum native. Engineers who challenge and improve your product.
Cost Efficiency
You stay in control.
We handle the noise.
Briefing
Quick call or async form. We capture your technical stack, team culture, budget, and timeline.
Matching
We shortlist 2-3 perfect-fit partners. You'll receive detailed profiles explaining why we picked each one.
Introduction
Video calls scheduled at your pace. Meet leadership and lead developers directly. No sales pressure.
Takes 5 minutes • No commitment required
Cost Efficiency
Access senior engineering talent at 40-60% lower rates than UK/US equivalents, without compromising on quality or time zone overlap.
Speed to Hire
Skip the 3-month recruitment cycle. Our partners have pre-vetted teams ready to deploy in days, not months.
Low Risk
Start with a small pilot project or a trial period. Scale up only when you're confident in the team's delivery.
Success Stories
"We needed to build an AI-powered fraud detection system for our Series A. After months of failed interviews, The Sourcing Hub connected us with a Polish team who'd actually shipped ML pipelines in production before. What impressed me most was how quickly they understood our regulatory requirements. They integrated with our existing backend team seamlessly. 18 months on, they're still our go-to for anything complex."
"Finding mobile developers who understood healthcare compliance was impossible locally. The Sourcing Hub's Romanian team had built GDPR-compliant health apps before and knew exactly what we needed. They shipped our MVP in 11 weeks and we've been iterating together ever since. Honestly, the quality of their code reviews has actually improved our internal standards. They feel like core team members now, not contractors."
"We were implementing AI-powered product recommendations and our site was buckling under the load. The Bulgarian team The Sourcing Hub found rebuilt our entire infrastructure in phases so we never went offline. They optimised our database queries, implemented proper caching, and got our load times from 3.8 seconds down to 1.1 seconds. Conversion rate jumped 34%. They've become our core engineering team. Best technical decision we made."
"We needed DevOps engineers who could handle our AI model deployment pipeline on Kubernetes. The job market in Scotland was completely dry. The Sourcing Hub's Croatian team had our infrastructure production-ready in 7 weeks and documented everything brilliantly so our junior devs could maintain it. They set up automated scaling that's saved us countless hours. Genuinely couldn't have launched without them."
Common Questions
Ready to explore vetted development partners?
Choose how you want to get started. Both paths are free and come with no commitment.
Start a Project Brief
Best if you have specific requirements ready
Book a Scoping Call
Best if you want to discuss options first