On Tuesday I drove down to Liverpool for a meeting at Littlewoods Plc Head Office. Having been a self employed designer for over 2 years now, it was weird going into such a huge retail organisation - I mean huge in terms of reputation as well as sheer physical size. Running my own business means that I tend to forget that I am in fact quite a small fish in a huge tank, when going into a large organisation again. I love the fact that I can choose what projects I work on, what hours I work etc all the usual things associated with self-employment. But walking in to the ex-airport hanger that has been sleekly turned into the new Littlewoods Shop Direct Group base, a sea of desks the length of the building, swipe card id tag entry etc etc all reminded me once again of the benefits of running a tiny yet entrepreneurial business. I found myself smiling smuggly to myself !!