END YEAR ON A HIGH
GIVING VAPERS ACROSS THE
SPECTRUM THE VIP TREATMENT
This year at Vapouround we proudly celebrated our second
birthday. Keen to spread the good feeling to the wider community,
we ran an anniversary social media campaign, offering vape
business the chance to win an advertising package worth
£10,000. VIP Vapers co-owner Ashley Cole was understandably
delighted when his company was named the winner.
“We were of course delighted to win the competition, though
understandably there were many other businesses who came
away disappointed!”
Ashley’s journey from non-smoker to smoker and then vaper
started a little later than many people. He was nineteen when
his smoking habit began. And while he managed to ditch the cigs
three years later, he soon found them back in his life, even though
he himself was not doing the lighting up.
“I got into a relationship with someone who was a smoker and
suddenly I was being exposed to tobacco smoke again. I really
didn’t like being around it.”
It was around this time that Ashley began working for another
vape company. Here he met the company’s wholesale supplier,
Lee. They got on well and after a while they decided to go into
business together. And so, the first VIP Vapers store opened
for business. Now Ashley and Lee have a 50/50 stake in the
company, with five staff manning their two main stores, plus a
strong team across their five other franchises.
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