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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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.

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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.

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Retainer agreement

By Design Business Association
A short form retainer agreement which addresses some of the issues that need to be considered when entering a retainer arrangement with a client.

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Retention of title clause

By Design Business Association
A retention of title clause essentially seeks to provide that title to the goods/services (and/or the interest that is passing in the intellectual property rights therein) is retained by the seller until the seller has received full payment. This document provides a short retention of title clause and is accompanied by a drafting note.

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DBA Member Logo (multiple versions for digital and print)

DBA members can download the DBA Association Member logo in multiple formats for use on their website, email footers and other promotional material. Use of the logo is restricted to the period of time the company remains a member of the DBA.

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