VB Distribution Secures HMRC Bonded Warehouse Approval and Joins The Bonded Warehousekeepers Association

VB Distribution has secured two significant compliance credentials, simultaneously, ahead of the 1 October Vaping Products Duty deadline.

London, 10 June 2026: VB Distribution (Vapes-Bars Ltd) has secured HMRC approval to operate a customs bonded warehouse at its UK Northwest distribution facility. The company is now a member of The Bonded Warehousekeepers Association (BWA), the UK's recognised professional body for bonded warehouse operators, established in 1885.

VB Distribution is a global, multi-category distribution platform. It serves 50,000+ active retail shelves nationwide and turned over £0.5 billion, making it one of the most scaled independent distribution platforms in the UK adult-nicotine category.

HMRC bonded status means VB Distribution can hold stock under duty suspension, with duty becoming payable only when goods are released into the UK market, a regime operated under direct HMRC oversight.

As the Vaping Products Duty comes into force from 1 October, VB's bonded infrastructure is designed to give retailers, wholesalers, and brand partners duty-structured supply and a clear audit trail through the transition.

BWA membership places VB among a small number of operators in the category to hold both credentials. For retailers and wholesalers, this means one thing: sourcing from an operator that is audit-ready and duty-structured, with duty-status risk handled before product reaches their shelves.

"Compliance is now the commercial proposition in this category, and scale without credentials won't survive the transition," said Natalia Gosciniak, Chief Executive Officer of VB Distribution. "Bonded approval ahead of the October deadline puts VB on the right side of that divide. As the new duty and stamps regime takes effect, our retail partners will source from a facility built for it: duty-structured, audit-ready, and operating under HMRC oversight."