The circle

Wecome to The Circle 

Building the relationships that define the future of tech in the UK.

Not a loyalty scheme. Not a CRM tier. A named set of commitments, delivered to a curated group of organisations we’ve chosen to grow alongside. 

Progress in motion. 

Why The Circle exists 

La Fosse is 70% employee-owned. The people working on your account have a direct stake in the relationship lasting. 

The Circle is a deliberate, named commitment to show up differently for the organisations we most want to grow alongside. 

You are here because of where the relationship is going. 

What membership means

A handpicked community of senior client organisations. A small new cohort every six months. A shared ambition to shape what comes next in UK tech. 

Membership is not about scale or status. It is about proximity, trust and a mutual belief that the relationship is worth investing in. 

Your commitments from us

What we will do for you, consistently, throughout the year.

Our salary and benchmark data, before it reaches the wider market. Headline trends, sector cuts, and the workforce planning tools that turn data into decisions.success.

Tailored to your sector. Not a newsletter. A proper briefing, written for you, covering the moves, the data and the questions worth asking next.

One member of our senior leadership team, accountable for the relationship at the most senior level. The person you call when you want a candid view.
In your first year, we’ll focus on setting you up for long-term success. You’ll receive a tailored package designed to give you confidence from day one and ensure your year-one earnings match or exceed what you’re currently earning.

Closed-room dinners, roundtables, briefings and VIP drinks. The conversations we run for the people shaping UK tech.

A seat at the table when we decide what to look at next. Early sight of findings before publication. The chance to shape the questions, not just read the answers.

Through the Employee Ownership Trust, your contributions help grow both the company and your personal stake in its future.

Our Long-Term Incentive Plan gives you transparent visibility of your ownership and potential rewards through our Carta platform, aligning your personal growth with the company's value creation.

First sight of the talent coming out of La Fosse Academy. The option to co-design cohorts around the skills your business needs most.

To each other. Founders, CTOs, CIOs, CPOs and transformation leaders who are tackling the same problems you are. Made deliberately, with no commercial reason attached.

Care, Humility, and Ambition aren't just words on a wall. They guide how we hire, how we lead, and how we treat each other, creating a place where you can perform, grow, and stay true to yourself.

Free access to UNBOUND's employer trust mark for women in tech. A recognised signal to the market that you are serious about the work.

The things you didn't ask for 

The commitments above are the structure. What makes The Circle work is everything around them. 

Knowing you well enough to make introductions that matter. Following up on the conversation you had with your head of engineering six months ago. Remembering what your team is wrestling with this quarter. Doing the things we didn’t have to do. 

That is the part that does not appear on a brochure. It is the part we care about most. 

Get in touch 

If you want to talk to your named contact, raise a question or make a suggestion about what The Circle could be doing more of, write to Lucy at lucy.kemp@lafosse.com.

What's coming 

The Circle launches in June 2026 with our founding cohort. Throughout the year you’ll see: 

  • The first quarterly sector briefings landing in your inbox 
  • Invitations to our private dinners and roundtables 
  • An invitation to contribute to our 2027 state-of-the-nation report 
  • The first round of Academy cohort co-design conversations 

The Circle is built to grow with the relationships inside it. The shape will deepen over time, but the principle stays the same: a small, deliberate community we show up differently for. 

There’s a choice at the heart of La Fosse that defines how we work. The business is 70% employee-owned. Everyone working on your account has a stake in the relationship lasting.

The Circle is how we make that visible. A small community of clients we have chosen to show up differently for. Early sight of our data, named at senior level, in the room when we decide what to look at next, treated as co-authors of the work rather than recipients of it. 

You are here because we believe in where the relationship is going. For some, it’s already well established. For others, we can see what it could become. Either way, the decision to invite you was deliberate. 

 

Ollie Whiting CEO
Ollie Whiting