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  • Totally Wicked: Vapes giant sold to Chinese investor

    Retail

    Family-owned vapes retailer Totally Wicked has been sold to a Chinese investor, it has been revealed. The Lancashire-headquartered company, which was founded in 2008 by Jason Cropper, has been acquired by Wittyace UK Holding. The business is controlled by Chinese national Ying Wang and is registered in Cambridge. It is ultimately owned by Wittyace Hk Holding [...]

    Totally Wicked has been sold for an undisclosed sum. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
  • Is the disposable vapes ban going to make any difference in the UK?

    Business

    In 2021, vapes went from a small-scale smoking alternative to dominate the UK’s nicotine market. Now, about half of the vape market is set to become illegal when the government’s disposable vape ban comes into force on Sunday. It’s part of the government’s plan to create a “smoke-free” generation, which will see disposable vapes banned, [...]

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  • Record profit for Totally Wicked ahead of single-use vapes ban as sales double in two years

    Retail

    Profit at Totally Wicked has surged to a new record level ahead of the sale of single-use disposable vapes being banned in England and Wales later this year. The Lancashire-headquartered has reported a pre-tax profit of £8.1m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2024, up from the £3.3m it posted for the prior year. [...]

    Totally Wicked has reported record sales and profit ahead of single-use disposable vapes being banned from 1 June, 2025. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)
  • Ministers urged to deploy biometric age verification to address underage vaping

    November 22, 2024

    Ministers have been urged to deploy a biometric age verification solution to address the issue of underage vaping. The company IKE Tech says it has developed a technological solution to mandate continuous age verification on vapes. It comes as the government is set to bring the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to Parliament which proposes to [...]

  • ‘Wasteful’ disposable vapes to be banned by next June

    October 24, 2024

    Disposable vape sales will be banned by next summer, the government has said, branding the e-cigarette products “wasteful”. Fresh legislation to ban the sale of single-use vaping devices from June 2025 was introduced before Parliament on Wednesday. The government says an estimated five million single-use vapes were littered or thrown away each week last year [...]

  • Totally Wicked: Do vaping companies cause more harm than good?

    August 27, 2024

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