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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Are you getting the best out of your team?

By Aliya Vigor-Robertson, Founding Partner, Journey HR
Variety is the spice of life, as the saying goes, and this certainly rings true for the workplace. We all bring different skills, talents and personalities to the table, and it’s important that companies not only identify but embrace these individual strengths.

Business skills, HR

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Recovery Rates: Are you getting paid for all the work you do?

By Esther Carder, Partner, Kingston Smith
Are you working for free on a Friday? The average creative agency has a recovery rate of about 80% - that means they are not billing for 20% of the time they spend working on client work. What are the reasons for a low recovery rate and how can an agency address them to get the fees they deserve?

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Croner GDPR guide to determining a lawful basis for processing data with regards HR

By Croner, providers of the DBA HR Helpline
Under GDPR legislation businesses have to understand exactly what information they hold on their staff (both current and past) and also on those applying for jobs. This guide talks you through how you can use (process) the data.

HR, Legal

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Benchmarking for sole traders and micro agencies

By Adam Fennelow
Using data from the 2017 DBA Annual Survey Report this short report looks at gross income, trend forecasting, charge-out rates, salaries and utilisation rates for agencies with five or less staff enabling an agency to benchmark against a variety of financial metrics.

Business skills, Financial, Maximise membership

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Agency growth case study: Page & Page

By Stephen Page, Co-owner of Page & Page
Stephen Page, of Page & Page (9 staff, fee income of £700,000) details the growth of his agency, including challenges and aspirations, since its launch in 2014. With his 'large agency' experience Stephen is well placed to give advice on setting up a new agency with aspirations to grow.

Business skills

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How to write an equality & diversity statement

By Design Business Association
Your Equality and Diversity Statement will document your approach to hiring staff from different ethnic and minority backgrounds as well as different sexual orientation if you wish to address this. A client may want to know what your approach is to hiring and working with staff from culturally diverse backgrounds. They will need to ensure that your policy is similar to theirs in approach.

HR, Legal, New business & client relations

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Agency growth case study: Nalla

By Vicki Young, Owner of Nalla
As part of our new series of case studies on agency structure and growth, we asked Vicki Young of London based Nalla (13 staff, £1m fee income) to tell us how they have facilitated growth and their plans for the future. Hear the advice she'd give to agencies with about 4+ staff looking to grow.
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Pension auto enrolment

By KPMG Small Business Accounting
KPMG Small Business Accounting offers useful advice to ensure compliance and a smooth set-up of ‘pension auto enrolment’ for your design business.

Financial, HR, Legal

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Agency growth case study: PATH

By Thomas Herman, Co-Founder, PATH
As part of our new series of case studies on agency structure and growth, we asked Thomas Herman of London based PATH (30 staff, £3.5m fee income) to tell us how they have facilitated growth and their plans for the future. Hear the advice he'd give to agencies with about 15+ staff looking to grow.

Business skills, Strategy development

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Agency growth case study: Uniform

By Nick Howe, Managing Director and Founder, Uniform
As part of our new series of case studies on agency structure and growth, we asked Nick Howe of Liverpool based Uniform (50+ staff, £2.65m fee income) to tell us how they have facilitated growth and their plans for the future. Hear the advice he'd give to agencies with about 20+ staff looking to grow.

Business skills, Strategy development

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