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About Us

JLA delivers the greatest talent in keynote speaking, corporate events and entertainment; we help our clients generate the conversations that move organisations forward, and leave audiences feeling empowered and inspired to spark change. We love what we do, and we do it better than anyone else. Our team work with organisations of all sizes, from blue-chip multinationals to local festivals, across 47 countries and 2,500 events each year.

Global reach. Human scale.

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At JLA, our purpose is to find and platform the greatest talent in keynote speaking, corporate and public events, and entertainment for our clients.

We love helping generate the conversations that move organisations forward, to leave audiences feeling empowered and inspired to spark change.

For 36 years, we’ve connected the brightest minds with the organisations and change-makers of the day. We’ve placed the very best speakers, presenters and performers at over 45,000 events around the world, and we build ceaselessly upon a reputation for uncovering new talent, just as much as securing headline names.

We draw on established talent relationships and a constant flow of client feedback, to offer impartial advice and exceptional industry expertise.

We’ve got more than 12,000 speakers on our books, and as the biggest UK Speaker Bureau, we offer unparalleled buying power to deliver only the best names on the speaker circuit.

With JLA, you’ll receive a personalised experience from start to finish. For each individual booking, we take the time to determine the most qualified and appropriate person to captivate your audience and make an impact. From the moment you reach out to us, right through to the post-event debrief, your JLA Account Manager will be your sounding board, your support and your all-in-one logistics team, always on hand to help.

We genuinely enjoy what we do, because we care about the impact talent has as much as our clients do. At the heart of what JLA does, JLA values the profound, lasting effect that talent can have on an event, and above all, the relationships we build with our clients.

So; let’s talk about your next event.

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"Where to start…? They're just the best. I'd trust them to always give me scrupulously fair advice and well negotiated fees and terms. Great people doing a great job."

The JLA Team – 200 years of combined in-house experience

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Ellis Watson

Chairman