Members’ Area

From receiving expert help and guidance to benchmarking your business’ performance, the Members’ Area is a gateway to resources, services and support specifically developed for those working in the field of design.

Some sections are exclusively accessible to DBA members, connecting you to the extensive range of benefits your membership provides.

DBA membership extends to everyone working within your business – all members of your team can register for their own password – ensuring the whole team benefits.

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Experts

DBA Experts are here to help you navigate the challenges and decisions you face as you grow your business. Our register of accredited expert consultants have sustained and relevant experience in supporting the design industry, so you can rest assured that you will be getting sound, high-level support.

Our Experts have extensive experience supporting the creative industries and are:

  • DBA approved.
  • Recommended by peers.
  • Reference checked.

If you’re interested in becoming a DBA Expert find out more. Alternatively email Adam Fennelow or call +44 (0)20 3855 4126 for more information.

Russell Edson

Withers & Rogers LLP
Russell can assist with gaining reductions in tax liabilities via the UK Patent Box tax relief system. He often works closely with mixed client/design consultancy project teams and can advise on the IP rights and risks of either the end client or the design consultancy.

Areas of Expertise: Legal & ethical

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Ryan Munt

Cobble Chartered Accountants
Ryan is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor who helps design agencies and creative businesses turn financial clarity into confident decision-making and sustainable growth. By combining technical expertise with an understanding of the creative industry, he makes finance simple, strategic, and aligned with your business vision.

Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, Financial planning

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Simon Everingham

Baxendale Employee Ownership
Simon is an expert employee ownership adviser who has helped over 50 companies transition their ownership structure into being owned by an Employee Owned Trust. He is passionate about enabling employee ownership as an ownership succession solution, and as a fairer approach to ownership in general.

Areas of Expertise: Financial planning

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Simon Steel

EOS Worldwide
Simon helps you see your business in a whole new light and execute a simple set of tools and principles to identify root causes before they become problems, place the right people in the right seats, and align every employee toward the same goals.

Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, Financial planning, People

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Steinar Valade-Amland

Three Point Zero
Steinar helps organisations and individuals unlock their potential through the exploitation of design thinking, design management and design methodologies. Focus is on how to improve organisational performance and innovation capacity through stakeholder engagement strategies, through building creative capacity and a design driven culture, and through fostering the capabilities to effectively manage creative processes.

Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, C-suite design foresight, Sales & Marketing, Strategic design management

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Tim Duncan

TDC PR
Tim is founder and managing director of TDC PR, an integrated communications consultancy representing clients in the creative, design and innovation industries.

Areas of Expertise: PR & Communications

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Will Powell

Future Shift
Will is founder of Future Shift, a sustainability consultancy re-designing what sustainability means to business. He has a wealth of experience guiding organisations through the B Corp journey, as well as helping them get to grips with carbon reporting and stakeholder mapping.

Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, Sustainability

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