Vapouround magazine ISSUE 23 | Page 6

Well hello there summer, we’ve missed you. Who’s ready for barbecues, beaches and rosé? Me! There are some stellar new juices out there perfect for a hot summers’ day and you may have come across some of them at the recent Vapouround Awards which took place in May. It was wonderful to meet so many of you again, and we had lots of new faces to greet too which is always great to see. Róisín Delaney - The Editor [email protected] VAPOUROUND This year’s Vapouround Awards night was truly an international gathering, with companies in attendance from South America, China, Cyprus, and the Middle East as well as the mainstay vape nations closer to home and the UK’s finest. My favourite thing about the night is watching people and their facial expressions in anticipation of the big announcement. Suddenly, we have a winner and all formalities go out the window. It’s like an animal instinct takes over, like in a David Attenborough documentary and makes for excellent viewing. Congratulations to all of our winners and we hope to see you all again at next year’s event. We’ll be marking five stellar years of the show at the next one, it’s already looking incredible and we’ve got Vampire Vape on board as the official sponsor. Many thanks to our hosts Nigel Mead and Ashley Hansen for presenting a great show and to all of our entertainers – we couldn’t have hoped for more. If you’d like to access any of the photos from the night you can check those out online at VapouroundAwards.co.uk. Alas this is my final editor’s letter for Vapouround Magazine. You may have heard earlier this year that we launched the UK’s first dedicated CBD publication, and this is something I’m going to be focusing all of my attention on as editor moving forward. It’s been an absolute pleasure to edit Vapouround for the past year, and as assistant editor before that. Patrick Griffin, whom many of you will already know, will be stepping up as editor. Go easy on him. As for me, I’ll see you in the land of all things CBD! R x The Editor Róisín Delaney Assistant Editor Gordon Stribling Journalist Phoebe Fuller Journalist Lucy MacKinnon Design Manager Hayley Parker Creative Director James Parnell Graphic Designer Connor Dimberline Graphic Designer Kyle Bednall Junior Graphic Designer Victoria Smith Junior Graphic Designer Ayaz Arshad Design Support Lucy Booth Marketing Manager Katie Loomes Digital Marketing Manager Josh Tysoe Web Developer Aadil Popat Finance Director Joanne Stubley Accountant Kris Worton Finance Executives Anna Difusco, Lauren Pilliner & Mollie Smith Sales Manager Connor Leach Sales Supervisor Tim Pritchett Sales Executives Steve Culf , Ali Shah, Tom Slack, Baz Bassra & Penny Michaela-Winter General Manager Abida Razaque Directors David Turner & Pom Kaila Managing Director Paul Caplin Officially the BEST VAPE MAG TWO YEARS RUNNING v a p e 2018 a w a r d s v a p e BEST vape mag W I N N E R 2017 a w a r d s BEST vape mag W I N N E R Thank you for your continued support Products in this magazine may not be used, bought or reviewed by any individual under 18 years old. Vapouround does not support the use of e-cigarettes and devices for individuals under the age of 18 years old; by reading this magazine, you are indicating that you are over 18 years old. Vapouround does not endorse the inappropriate application or misuse of nicotine, smoking or product abuse of any form. We do not claim that e-cigarettes and nicotine devices will help cure smokers’ nicotine addiction and as such, we cannot take responsibility for any effect products advertised in our magazine may have on users’ nicotine consumption. There is no guarantee that products in this magazine including e-cigarettes and nicotine devices will stop you smoking. The opinions in this magazine are solely those of the writers. Vapouround takes no responsibility and rejects all liability for third party reviews or opinion pieces by external agencies. All trademarks, registered or otherwise of products in this magazine are the property of respective owners. To use trademarks, please contact the company directly, who will advise you further. 6 | VM23