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I have always felt that diversity is a little bit like marmite. It is one of those topics that either intrigues you, or makes you want to roll your eyes. Whether you like it or not (and I suspect you do or are at least curious to find out what the fuss is all about) […]

Open House Festival heard outstanding speaker Kerry Daynes speak about her book The Dark Side of the Mind. The Open House Festival Bangor NI had to say about the UK’s leading Forensic Psychologist. “Kerry Daynes was one of the standout highlights of this year’s festival. An accomplished and engaging speaker. She captivated the audience with […]

Nicki Chapman is without doubt an event manager’s dream. Highly skilled, diligent and extremely professional, Nicki is the perfect choice for hosting and or presenting awards ceremonies. Furthermore, she is a hugely talented an inspiring corporate speaker and his week she has been delivering her entertaining speeches to passengers on board Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth luxury […]

Business Speaker Jo Fairley on what fun it was to be on Desert Island Discs  Speaker Jo Fairley, the hugely successful entrepreneur who co-founded Green and Blacks Chocolate has been on Desert Island Discs. It is well worth a listen. A huge fan of Desert Island Discs, she was standing in her kitchen listening to […]

Sue Hayward – Consumer Expert and Personal Finance Guru Sue Hayward was pretty astonished when she heard the Sun newspaper had found that up to 44% of walkers crisp bags were empty!  And this is what she had to say about it.  A highly sought after journalist, broadcaster, speaker, event host and author Sue writes […]

Scott McArthur is a highly respected and international keynote speaker.  A man of many talents, one of his most popular speeches is about The Kardashian Paradox.  He helps organizations respond to employee attention spans which are disappearing as more as more channels of information make demands on our time. Social Media Across the board our collective […]

Twenty Five Years of Building Lives Together Out of 400 amazing charities, Child Bereavement UK are thrilled to have won the overall Charity Film of the Year Award with One More Minute! The Speakers Agency would like to join them in thanking everyone who voted for them.  They are an amazing charity who help so […]

Desperately Sad News Lyra Mckee Murdered. The Speakers Agency was deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the murder of investigative journalist, author and speaker Lyra McKee in Derry/Londonderry on the evening of the 18th April 2019. Lyra was a talented writer and an inspirational speaker on a number of topics: as a gay woman […]

Soniasmum.com Sonia Beldom is a speaker on the subject of mental health. Sonia is also the creator of soniasmum.com the hit mental health blog.  In it she describes growing up with her hilariously embarrassing mum who was finally diagnosed with six mental health conditions at age 80. Since starting her blog Sonia has also been […]

Alastair Campbell is a communicator, writer and strategist, he speaks on a variety of subjects including what can only be described as the most topical of talks; ‘making sense of crazy times’.   In this speech Alastair tries to make sense of the current global political turmoil being caused by Brexit, Trump and Corbyn’s Labour Party, […]

Technology makes you either smile or weep and sometimes in equal measure.  The demand for consumer tech, personal data, AI and privacy speakers is increasing dramatically.  Literally day by day. Just today,  The Daily Mail offers advice on, ‘How to tweak your phone settings to keep tech firms from tracking you’.  Scary times.  The article […]

The rather brilliant Mixologist and First Dates Barman Merlin Griffiths appeared on our screens a number of times over Christmas.  First Dates Christmas 2018 on Christmas Day evening brought its army of fans huge joy.  Merlin’s super chuckle was heard on numerous occasions as he caught up with new and old first daters in a […]

Rape and grooming survivor and speaker Sammy Woodhouse made The Times front page news two days in a row. The lead article generated massive attention after it detailed the fact that Rotherham Council had contacted her rapist.  They wanted him to know he was entitled to parental rights to the child he conceived as a […]

Breaking News about forensic psychologist, Kerry Daynes UK Publisher Octopus has bought The Dark Side of the Mind, after a five-publisher auction. The book is the memoir of forensic psychologist, TV presenter, broadcaster and impressive speaker Kerry Daynes. Claudia Connal, publishing director of narrative non-fiction at Octopus, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) from Jonathan Conway Literary […]

As we approach the First World War centenary and remember the sacrifice made by so many men and women during this time, we would like to introduce you to Afghanistan Veteran Ben McBean. Ben survived stepping on a Taliban landmine in 2008. Sadly, he sustained life-changing injuries. Brought home on the same flight as Prince […]

  Sammy Woodhouse Shortlisted We are delighted to announce that Sammy Woodhouse has been shortlisted for the 2018 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize for campaigning against male violence against women and girls. A fine and much in demand speaker, author, media commentator, fundraiser and campaigner Sammy is a strong and courageous woman. This year’s awards will be held […]

  Ever thought nooooooooooooooooooooooo just after you pressed the send button. Well I am sure we have all pinged an disaster email at some point but it’s no consolation. Whilst running The Speakers Agency, my mistakes have thankfully been few and far between.  That said in the early days my business partner/husband went to email […]

Fraser Doherty says “My story shows that what can start as a passion, with love and hard work, can grow into something amazing. Something that changes your life.” Fraser Doherty started his incredible business career at the age of just fourteen. After being taught how to make jam in his Grandmother’s kitchen in Scotland, he […]

Having run The Speakers Agency for the last 17 years and fielded speakers and event hosts to clients across the globe, our Founder and MD Sylvia Tidy-Harris is extremely well placed to advise on the best way to book a speaker. “We always recommend that the client consider a speaker or host who is most […]

Mental Health is a big issue for us all. Scary statistics are fired at us every day but some stick out more than others and they are usually to do with Mental Health. A taboo subject for far too long, it is thanks to our two Royal Princes and the Duchess of Cambridge who support […]

Finance Journalist, broadcaster and author Sue Hayward is a well-known Personal Finance and Consumer Expert.  Sue is passionate about sharing her tips and tricks on ways to save, how to hang on to your hard-earned cash and avoid being ripped off.  Here she shares her holiday money saving tips not just for summer holidays but […]

Piers Morgan meeting his match on Good Morning Britain made me smile recently and it reminded me of all the times I have been on TV and radio where someone has lost their rag in a debate with me.  The trick is quite obviously to remain calm, be armed with all the facts and understand who […]

The Speakers Agency would like to congratulate Lord Lilley of Offa on his appointment to the House of Lords. Lord Lilley is a fine and entertaining speaker who enjoys delivering his speeches on a non-party political basis to schools, universities, business groups, companies and organisations both about current economic, trade, energy and social policy issues […]

Tracy Martin  appears on BBC Inside Out to talk about the resurgence on popularity of brown furniture. Known as the Queen of 19th and 20th Century Collectables Tracy is passionate about  Collectables   and she is delighted to share her expert knowledge with Jasmine Birtles tonight at 7.30pm.  What makes her happy is she predicted that […]

January is the time of year for developing new habits and setting new trends. It is also a time when many of us decide to declutter and have a clear out making way for the year ahead! Speaker and 21st Century collectables expert, Tracy Martin has teamed up with Gumtree to identify the top 10 […]

Inspirational speaker and media commentator Catrin Pugh was given a 1 in 1000 chance of surviving after she was pulled from a wreck in the French Alps and sustained 96% burns to her body.Catrin’s incredible story of survival and sheer determination is wowing audiences the length and breadth of the UK and she is about to […]

HM The Queen’s former Press Secretary Dickie Arbiter is the man the press know they can turn to for reliable, non speculative and informed commentary on all things to do with The British Royal Family. Dickie had unprecedented access to Buckingham Palace and worked closely with the Royal Family including HM The Queen, Prince Charles […]

We were delighted to have had the opportunity to be present at the recent TEDxStormont Women event that was held in Belfast on November 2nd, 2017. There was such a diverse range of proficient and entertaining speakers, each with their own story to tell in the true TED fashion. Maxine Mawhinney, Ana Matronic, Lyra McKee […]

Annie Mac is by far one of the most recognisable voices on television and radio. Annie has spent the last decade carving out her career as a broadcaster and an internationally recognised dance DJ with a natural flair for selecting cutting edge dance music and delivering this to live audiences with a passion that is […]

Alan Coxon has multiple strings to his culinary bow. Speaker, Chef, TV presenter, author, consultant, international judge and Food Archaeologist has won 6 Gold Innovation and superior Taste awards for his historic food range of products, as well as achieving 6 International Gold awards for fat sculptures at Salon Culinaires.  Alan has written many cookbooks, with […]