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JLA’s Rebecca Parker Smith fills us in on her top female business… Read More

JLA’s Octavia Rothwell talks through the best Olympic talent on offer… As a relatively… Read More

Adam explores what motivation actually means, and how motivational speakers can help… Read More

I have been working at JLA for almost a year now, and… Read More

Professional future gazer Jason Bradbury confronts the existential reality of Artificial Intelligence…. Read More

On the 29th June 2015, I joined JLA as a newly appointed… Read More

We decided to ask a number of prominent JLA speakers how they… Read More

JLA’s graduate in Latin American Studies offers up her five best speakers… Read More

Suzy Payne takes us through all the events at the JLA AGM…… Read More

Has it been 4 years already?!….. London2012 will be but a distant… Read More

Now that London has a new mayor (I’ll be honest, we weren’t… Read More

JLA agent Oliver Shermer examines  ageism in the speaking industry… It’s fair… Read More

On planet Earth, we’re enjoying a renewed fascination with outer space. If… Read More

The first quarterly round-up of the new speakers that JLA have met… Read More

JLA agent Danny Lee is against bums on seats… Working at a speaker… Read More

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve had to do at work? We reveal… Read More

Last week comedian and podcaster Simon Caine dropped into JLA speaker… Read More

As motivational speakers go, Penny Mallory has quite the authority. From the… Read More

Stop calling your kids Millennials! Millennials are social-minded. Millennials are… Read More

Can you believe it? Speaker bureau Jeremy Lee Associates has turned 25…. Read More

Have you heard this old philosophical fable about an old man who… Read More

Every January we ask a number of JLA speakers and economists for… Read More

VAT on conference speakers and speaking engagement fees is, unfortunately, a fairly… Read More

One of the gifts of biomimicry for a speaker is that it… Read More

It’s October in Hong Kong. The city has shrugged off the hot,… Read More

On the 15th of October JLA agent Allan Grant, boss Jeremy Lee… Read More

Even with our illustrious history, these really are heady days for Scottish… Read More

My passion is educating for digital equality. I want to make a… Read More

At the turn of the last century, in 1900, it’s estimated 200… Read More

When someone asks you to say a few words it’s the ‘few’… Read More

Need inspiration for shows to see at the Fringe? Our after-dinner speakers… Read More

As George Osbourne announced the budget, and the news channels all raced… Read More

Imagine yourself face to face with powerful, successful personalities or… Read More

The Women’s World Cup is in full swing so in case the… Read More

My clients seem to ask me for guest speakers who can talk… Read More

It may seem that the internet holds all if not most of… Read More

We’ve added 50 new names for you to discover in our online… Read More

The changing of the clocks heralds the advent of summer, traditionally a… Read More

Now, motivational speakers tend to come in all shapes and sizes –… Read More

Put bluntly, after dinner speakers have been around for a long time…. Read More

We’ve enjoyed a veritable smorgasbord of high profile awards shows over the… Read More

One of the first questions I’m usually asked when I mention that… Read More

When I first started working at JLA I had spent the last… Read More

6 weeks ago we launched a competition to encourage people to familiarise… Read More

I’m a relative newbie to the world of the speaker bureau, and… Read More

It’s that time of year again, we’re all bursting at the seams… Read More

Back in May this year I read a story about Anne Leitrim,… Read More

It’s that time of year again; plummeting into darkness at around midday,… Read More

Irving Fisher was perhaps the greatest economist who ever lived; he was… Read More

We’re celebrating our brand new site by giving away dinner, bed and… Read More

I’ll get this out the way first. I’m unusual. I mean nothing… Read More

With the annual awards season in full flow, Halloween always seems to… Read More

This week JLA director Jeremy Lee and our office appeared on primetime… Read More

N.B. Georgia has been promoted to an Agent’s Assistant since writing this… Read More

One of the jobs of the researchers at JLA is to stay… Read More

Talatavolonondry is a commune in Madagascar, the largest in the district of… Read More

A big part of a JLAers role is to keep a look… Read More

Tim Minchin – The JLA Song from JLA on Vimeo. There was… Read More

As a member of the support team at UK speaker bureau JLA… Read More

One of the benefits of working with a speaker agency is the protection that… Read More

As one half of the (grandly-titled) JLA New Talent department I receive… Read More

I love learning new things. Sometimes I close my eyes at work… Read More

Conference speakers, conference speakers, conference speakers. Sometimes… Read More

A guide to the top conference and after dinner speakers on Europe… Read More

Trying to explain to people exactly what my job is has turned… Read More

There’s a lot of preparation in the run-up to a conference, and… Read More

At the moment, I’m the newbie at work! I’m three months down… Read More

I have never been the biggest sports fan around, aside from a… Read More

Working for a speaker bureau I’m often faced with the same question:… Read More

JLA futurist speaker Magnus Lindkvist offers us a grounded outlook on the… Read More

It’s important to understand how you as an event manager can get… Read More

We asked four high street heroes (and seasoned JLA speakers) how they… Read More

Doug Richard was one of the original TV Dragons. He’s since advised… Read More

Alex Hunter was responsible for getting the Virgin America airline off the… Read More

David Rowan edits the technology and trends magazine for online brands, gadgets… Read More

Frequently criticised, but always acknowledged for his work rate and his influence,… Read More

Andrew McMillan headed the John Lewis Intelligence Team, with responsibility for customer… Read More

Austin Healey made his mark on the rugby field before winning over… Read More

We talked to ‘The Arctic Tractor’ (Alan Chambers) and ‘The World’s Great… Read More

We asked a number of influential JLA speakers what they would expect… Read More

The former Belgian Prime Minister (and JLA speaker) Guy Verhofstadt now heads… Read More

There are two kinds of business speaker. The first is the brave… Read More

Corporate belts may have been taken in a few notches over the… Read More

While the speaker and comedy circuit remain male-dominated, there are (thankfully) more… Read More

If you’re organising an event in Yorkshire, we will help you find… Read More

On this page you’ll find a cross section of female speakers who… Read More

We supply sporting after dinner speakers for all sorts of event –… Read More

As “Britain’s largest after dinner speaking agency” (Daily Telegraph), JLA provide raconteurs,… Read More

As “Britain’s largest after dinner speaking agency” (Daily Telegraph), JLA provide raconteurs… Read More

JLA provide guest speakers, presenters and performers for more than 2,000 client… Read More

JLA provide guest speakers, presenters and performers for over 2,000 corporate and… Read More

JLA provide guest speakers, presenters and performers for over 2,000 corporate and… Read More

JLA provide celebrity business speakers for all kinds of corporate event –… Read More

JLA provide speakers for a wide variety of corporate events, from senior… Read More