
Rebecca Shipham
Freelance exhibition designer and founder of Ships & Pigs, specializing in trade stand design for global brands.
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May 24, 2026
Business Name vs Your Own Name: Which is Better for Freelancers?
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Steve FollandHOST
Let's start with one of my earliest guests on the podcast, and for that matter, one of my favorite company names, from Rebecca Shippam, who's an exhibition designer based in Hull.

Rebecca ShiphamGUEST
The thing about Hull, for anyone that hasn't [laughs] been, or the North of England in general, you don't really s- play your own trumpet because people will think that you're conceited, shall we say.

Rebecca ShiphamGUEST
So, [laughs] so I didn't want to sort of go out there and say Rebecca Shippam Design or Rebecca Shippam Creative, because it was just like, it's so self-centered.

Rebecca ShiphamGUEST
So I thought, I'm gonna twist it and call myself Ships and Pigs, which is the ships and the pigs from the ham of my surname.

Rebecca ShiphamGUEST
And actually, it was good because then I started to feel like a business rather than me sat in my living room doing designs.