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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Resources

Essential guidance, templates, insight and tools to support you on all aspects of the business of design. From contracts to client opinion, legal updates to exporting support, our resources give you instant access to expert advice and tools to help solve a wide range of business challenges.

If you can’t find the information you’re after please email membership@dba.org.uk or call +44 (0)20 3855 4126 and we’ll look to source or signpost you to guidance to match your needs. 

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Helplines – Legal, HR and employment, and R&D tax credits

DBA members have access to extensive support from a range of DBA helplines and partner businesses covering Legal advice, HR and employment advice, Insurance cover (from office contents to Professional Indemnity) and R&D tax credits.

Financial, HR, Legal

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Discounts to third party events

When there is a conference or seminar by another organisation that we feel would be of interest to our members we try to secure a DBA Member discount. If you are interested in one that is not listed on our discounts page please flag it to us so we can approach the organisers.

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Avoiding common pitfalls with client contracts

By Design Business Association
Together with an experienced group of members, we've put together a shortlist of some of the most typical and important client contract clauses for creative agencies to look out for and some suggested ways to amend them, to better reflect the nature of the relationship.

Business skills, Legal

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Keeping an eye on your financial position

By Gary Baxter, Managing Director, Lightbox Consulting
DBA Expert Gary Baxter outlines two useful calculations to enable you to identify potential weaknesses in your business.

Financial

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Guide to pricing: An art or a science?

By Allison McSparron-Edwards
Allison McSparron-Edwards explains how to price your work appropriately and ensure the health and profitability of your business.

Financial

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Basic guide to intellectual property

By Humphries Kirk Solicitors
This useful document summarises the different intellectual property rights and basic principles relating to intellectual property law.

Legal

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Service level agreement: General structure and drafting notes

By Humphries Kirk Solicitors
A Service Level Agreement is generally an extension of a company’s standard Terms and Conditions of business and often they will co-exist and work alongside each other to regulate the service to be provided, manage the expectations of the client and control the providers risk. This document provides guidance on the provisions to be included in an SLA and the issues that will need to be addressed.

Legal, New business & client relations

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Guidance notes for standard conditions of contract – sale of services

By Humphries Kirk Solicitors
This document contains guidance notes for producing standard terms of business to be incorporated into all client contracts. The document contains drafting for certain clauses and full guidance notes on what needs to be covered.

Legal, New business & client relations

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Writing press releases

By Josh Brooks, Brand Director, Packaging News
The DBA's media partner Packaging News, explains how you can increase the chances of your press releases getting coverage.

Business skills

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More bang for your bonus

By Chris Lang, Owner, Flash Accounts Ltd
DBA Expert Chris Lang explains how important it is to have both accurate and timely financial data in order to project your agency’s cash position and looks at the three types of information you need to compile this.

Financial

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