{"id":4491,"date":"2026-03-27T09:28:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:28:50","slug":"vaping-giant-collapses-into-administration-with-all-staff-made-redundant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4491","title":{"rendered":"Vaping giant collapses into administration with all staff made redundant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>They claimed to be the UK&#8217;s largest supplier<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>A giant in the British vaping industry which claims to be the country&#8217;s &#8216;largest supplier&#8217; has collapsed into administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The company fell into administration last week after becoming insolvent with all staff made redundant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>JM Wholesale is based in Leicester and claimed to be the UK&#8217;s largest vape and smoking supplier, selling \u201ctrusted brands like Elf Bar, SKE Crystal, Lost Mary, ELUX, OXVA, Vaporesso, Voopoo, and Aspire\u201d, as per its website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full flex flex-col items-center max-w-[659px] 970:max-w-[630px] my-5\">\n<div class=\"w-[345px] tablet:w-[618px]\"><img alt=\"Vaping giant collapses into administration with all staff made redundant\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"618\" height=\"329\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto object-contain rounded-[10px]\" style=\"color:transparent\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 345px, 618px\" 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those whose\u00a0jobs\u00a0have been affected, whilst the administration protects the company\u2019s assets whilst we seek to obtain maximum value for the benefit of the company\u2019s creditors.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The company is the latest in a number of business to fall into administration under trying financial times for many.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Earlier this week an iconic British brand issued a plea to save the company from administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The business, which is 217 years old, citing soaring costs combined with low consumer confidence, filed a notice of intent to appoint administrators earlier in March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Denby pottery launched their #savedenby campaign to help save the business which employs around 500 people.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Vaping #giant #collapses #administration #staff #redundant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They claimed to be the UK&#8217;s largest supplier A giant in the British vaping industry which claims to be the country&#8217;s &#8216;largest supplier&#8217; has collapsed into administration. 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