Lakmal Walawage
Edwin Coe LLP
Lakmal is a full-service intellectual property solicitor. He has assisted clients in the design industry with protecting, commercialising and enforcing their, or their clients', intellectual property in the UK and globally for over a decade.
Manish Kapur
Manish helps design agencies remove operational blockers to growth, improve profitability, and prepare for scale or exit.
Areas of Expertise: Business strategy & processes, Financial planning, People, Sales & Marketing
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Design Leadership | Mastering design orchestration
Great design doesn’t happen by chance – it’s orchestrated by design leaders. Join this free one-hour webinar with James Hall, Company Director at PARK where design and business come together. Master design orchestration and you’ll create and sustain a high-performing team that delivers results, from 11:00-12:00pm BST on Friday 23 May.
How and why designers should turn down free pitching
By Rob Alderson, Design Week
At a recent DBA Members' Forum, leaders shared practical tips to help studios avoid free pitching. Design Week's Rob Alderson reports.
Members only
US Tariffs – what’s the impact? | DBA webinar
By Design Business Association
What are the implications of US tariffs for you and your design agency? Catch up on this clear-cut, unbiased explainer that will leave you better informed and with an understanding of the current situation and implications for your business.
DBA Members’ Forum | May Summary
By Design Business Association
In our May DBA Members' Forum, we had a lively discussion on the topic of free pitching. Here's a summary of the conversation.
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Free Pitching: 01 The DBA stance
By Design Business Association
The DBA stance is clear – we recommend agencies do not free pitch. It devalues what you are selling and does not produce the best solution for the client.
Advice for clients, Financial, New business & client relations
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Free Pitching: 02 Advice for Agencies
By Design Business Association
Free pitching is an unsustainable business model for design agencies – a practice that has no place in our industry – and the DBA can support you in saying no.
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Free Pitching: 03 Advice for Design Buyers
By Design Business Association
Is the method you’re using to choose your agency going to deliver the maximum return on your design investment?
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Free pitching: 04 Example Response to Requests
By Design Business Association
How do you tackle client requests to free pitch? DBA members can adapt and use this example response to requests.
Financial, New business & client relations
