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1998

This is how it all began...

Roland van den Brand and two partners start SBA Euro from a small attic room in Tilburg. The business acts as an intermediary for Polish migrant workers, representing fruit farmers in the Netherlands. It is a horticultural company’s growing shortage of labour that brings on the idea to start the company.

SBA Flex History - How it all began
2001 - 2003

SBA Euro opens its first foreign branch

SBA Euro opens its first international branch in Poland. The first branch in the Czech Republic follows two years later.

SBA-Euro-opens-its-first-foreign-branch
2004

Honest versus dishonest employment agencies

The Dutch association of international labour intermediaries VIA was founded in 2004 to monitor all the companies engaged in staffing, secondment, recruitment and deployment of foreign workers through project management. SBA Flex has always shown strong support for this association.

Honest-versus-dishonest-employment-agencies
2004

Do to others as you would have them do to you

In 2004, we set up SBA Euro Child Support Foundation. The foundation is committed to providing social, humanitarian and economic assistance to sick and underprivileged children from Poland. One of the projects the foundation supports is an activity centre in Tarnowskie Gory, which provides daycare for children suffering from muscular dystrophy, down syndrome and other disabilities.

Do to others as you would have them do to you
2007

The Netherlands opens its borders to Eastern Europe

Opening up the borders to Eastern European countries, such as Poland, allows foreign workers to work in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands opens its borders to Eastern Europe
2007

Safety first

SBA obtains VCU certification. VCU is the official Dutch Safety and Health Checklist for Temporary Employment Agencies and is designed to ensure temporary workers who perform high-risk jobs can work in a safe and healthy environment.

Safety first
2008

SBA Euro shows explosive growth

With five branches in the Netherlands and seven in Eastern Europe, SBA Euro is widely recognised as an international employment agency.

SBA Euro shows explosive growth
2011

SBA Flex: people and labour

SBA Euro changes its name to SBA Flex. This name more accurately covers the scope of our core business: the staffing of flexible foreign workers.

SBA Flex: people and labour
2012

ABU: Strong in staffing

SBA Flex acquires ABU membership in 2012. The ABU (Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen) is the Dutch union of temporary employment agencies and has represented the interests of businesses in the flex industry since 1961 and is a leader in the field of flexible work. ABU is the main employers’ organisation in the temporary employment industry.

ABU: Strong in staffing
2013

Focus on core business

After a period of turbulence, SBA Flex looks critically at the organisation. Processes and activities are restructured, with a focus on returning to the core business.

Focus on core business
2017

SBA Flex expands to Romania

SBA Flex opens its first office in Romania. In 2018, more than 280 Romanians are working for the temporary employment agency.

SBA Flex expands to Romania
2018

20th anniversary of SBA Flex: team trip to Berlin

SBA Flex celebrates 20 years in business. To mark this special anniversary, we travel to Berlin with the entire staff. We can’t wait for the next milestone.

Team trip to Berlin
2018

Steady growth continues

SBA Flex continues to grow solidly. The labour market is tightening and the demand for migrant workers is increasing, partly because of the ageing European population. As a result, we are competing more with Germany, Belgium and France to convince workers to settle in the Netherlands.

Steady growth continues
2021

Office in Sofia

We extend our reach to Sofia, Bulgaria, in late 2021. We are literally shifting our frontiers. Because the Polish economy is improving every year, they are not looking for work in the Netherlands as much.

Office in Sofia
2022

Growing need for housing

Not only is the labour market tight, there is also very little room on the housing market.
This means that finding suitable housing is becoming a more important focus area in our service provision.

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