CBD Vape Player Amphora Sees UK As First Step To Creating Global Brand

HBW Insight speaks exclusively to CBD vape start-up Infused Amphora about the firm's recent UK market entry, the power of natural terpenes, the challenge of navigating the EU's complex regulatory landscape and how to reach consumers during a pandemic. 

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An estimated 7.3m people use CBD in the UK every year, according to cannabis market researchers, Prohibition Partners.

Given CBD’s popularity among British consumers – and the increasing complexity of European regulation of the ingredient in foods and food supplements – wellness manufacturers and retailers in the UK are diversifying into a range of applications beyond

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