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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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 020 7251 9229 and we’ll look to source or signpost you to guidance to match your needs. 

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Making complex data accessible: The fundamental rules of readability

By Stratton Craig
Top tips for making your content as accessible as possible, no matter how complex the subject or data-heavy the copy. These fundamental rules of readability will help add further value to your communications, from thought pieces to reports to awards entries.

Business skills

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Networking for impact

By Wendy Smith, Founder, Coralstone Training
Take the stress out of networking with these simple but effective actions from communications expert Wendy Smith.

Business skills, New business & client relations

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Who you gonna call?

By Andy Cripps, Andy Cripps Design Management
How do you identify the correct skills, experience or even activities you require from your agency, as a client? How do you decide who to call?

Advice for clients

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Product liability: Managing the risks when launching a new product

By Humphries Kirk LLP
Humphries Kirk explains how to manage the risks involved in designing and lunching new products.

Legal

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Due diligence in business acquisitions

By Humphries Kirk LLP
When acquiring a business, it is vital that due diligence is conducted thoroughly. In this handy guide, the DBA's legal partner Humphries Kirk LLP explains the correct process.

Legal

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Everybody on the same (new business) page

By Blair Enns, CEO, Win Without Pitching
There are so many different challenges that can affect an agency's new business success. Blair Enns explains one of the most common and significant, and why it's a good place to start to extricate your agency from a new business rut.

New business & client relations, Strategy development

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Leveraging culture for strategic success

By Sally Henderson, Change Mentor
How can you optimise your culture for your business' advantage? Sally Henderson has some valuable insights.

HR, Strategy development

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A creative professional’s progression of financial success

By Blair Enns, CEO, Win Without Pitching
Blair Enns is pretty sure he can show you the levels of financial success you’ll move through in your career. Blair can’t predict how far you will go, but by reading the descriptions of the levels you’ll be able to see where you are on the journey and what lays ahead.

Financial, New business & client relations, Strategy development

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GDPR changes to HR policies, contracts & processes – templates

By Croner, providers of the DBA HR Helpline
Document supplied by Croner, supplier of the DBA HR Helpline, giving DBA members editable templates for a 'Data Protection Compliance Statement' for both existing employees and job applicants, a 'Data Protection Policy', and a 'template letter to send to employees to confirm the GDPR changes to employment T&C's'

HR, Legal

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Croner GDPR General HR Guidance Notes

By Croner, providers of the DBA HR Helpline
Guide to be used in conjunction with the document "GDPR changes to HR policies, contracts & processes" to explain the various templates enclosed in that document.

HR, Legal

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