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Contract Manufacturing · Preston, Lancashire · Since 2014

You Name It. We Make It, Stamp It and Store It.

White label and contract manufacturing of e-liquids, nicotine pouches and CBD, under your brand. With five HMRC approvals for Vaping Products Duty, we blend, fill, duty-stamp and store your stock on one site in Preston.

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  • 5 VPD ApprovalsProduce, import, store, stamp, represent
  • ISO 9001Certified quality management
  • 350+ BrandsSupported since 2014
  • Best ManufacturerVapouround Awards 2024
Spec 01 · 10ml BottleIllustrative
A 10ml e-liquid bottle with your brand on the label Line drawing: a duty stamp runs over the cap, the label carries the brand name, the nicotine warning and a batch code. Your Brand NIC SALT E-LIQUID 10ML · 20MG/ML This product containsnicotine which is a highlyaddictive substance. BATCH XY-0417 EXP 10/2028 1 2 3 4 5
  1. Duty stamp. Applied and activated on our approved premises, sealing the pack.
  2. Your brand. Your name and artwork, from our design studio or yours.
  3. Warnings. The nicotine warning and TRPR label text, checked before print.
  4. Batch code. Traceable from raw materials to the day we deliver.
  5. Your recipe. Ours or yours, held under a code name, with an NDA in place.
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Illustration only. Real labels follow your artwork and the labelling rules for your product and market.

Made in Preston For

  • Pod Salt
  • Supergood
  • Doozy Vape Co
  • Jammin
  • Drop E-Liquids
  • Big Tasty
How We Work With Them

Vaping Products Duty · Live Since 1 October 2026

Five HMRC Approvals. One Site in Preston.

"VPD approved" can mean one licence or several. Xyfil holds all five that sit between your recipe and a UK shelf, so no part of the chain has to be handed to another business.

  1. Approval 01

    Producer

    We make vaping liquid under the VPD scheme, on our approved premises.

  2. Approval 02

    Importer

    We bring finished or part-finished vaping products in from overseas.

  3. Approval 03

    Warehousekeeper

    We hold stock in duty suspension, so duty falls due as we release it to your orders.

  4. Approval 04

    Duty Stamp Affixer

    We apply and activate duty stamps here, and keep unused stamps in our own custody.

  5. Approval 05

    UK Duty Representative

    We act for overseas brands and factories that have no UK presence of their own.

Ask any manufacturer which of the five they hold. HMRC charges £11 for every lost duty stamp and £250 for each misuse, and that liability sits with whoever holds the stamps.

Talk to Us About VPD

Ways to Work With Us

Where Are You Starting From?

Pick the line that sounds like you. Each route shows what we do, what you bring and what to expect.

Start a Brand on Our Production Line

Choose from our flavour library or develop something new with our flavourists, pick bottles and strengths, and let our studio design the range. We handle the compliance work, production and duty stamps.

What We Do

  • Flavour library: basic recipes with fewer concentrates, or complex ones with up to 14
  • Samples to test, tweak and sign off
  • Logo, packaging, POS and media kit design
  • Labelling and notification, then production and stamping

What You Bring

  • A brand name, or a brief for one
  • Your market and price point
  • Sign-off at each stage

Good to Know

  • Basic library flavours use fewer concentrates, which keeps notification simpler and quicker
  • Notification time sits between sign-off and sale: plan for it in your launch date
Start a New Brand

Most new brands start with a discovery call and a box of samples.

Bring Your Recipes. Keep Your Brand.

Contract (OEM) manufacturing, co-packing and toll filling for brands that already know what they sell. Send recipes or your own concentrates: we add PG, VG and nicotine, then fill, label and stamp.

What We Do

  • OEM manufacture to your specification
  • Co-packing with your own flavour concentrates
  • Toll manufacturing: use any single service, as and when you need it
  • Duty stamps applied inside production, with no second supplier

What You Bring

  • Recipes, concentrates or a sample to match
  • Artwork, or a brief to adapt it for stamps
  • Volumes and a release plan

Good to Know

  • Since 1 October 2026, making vaping products without HMRC approval is unlawful, so check your current manufacturer's approvals
  • Recipes are held under a code name, with an NDA in place first
Move My Production

Switching manufacturer? Tell us your current formats and volumes and we'll map the move.

A Compliant Route Into the UK

For brands that make or buy stock abroad. Pick the route that matches how your product arrives, and we'll handle duty, stamps and release in Preston.

  • UK Stamping and FinishingPart-finished goods arrive under duty suspension. We assemble cartons, insert leaflets, stamp, seal and case them here.
  • Duty Stamping OnlyRetail-ready goods are stamped as they pass through our bonded warehouse, then released to the UK market.
  • Import RepresentationWe act as your UK duty representative, so you can place products on the UK market without a UK entity.
  • Overseas Stamping Under Bank GuaranteeIf your own factory abroad holds HMRC approval, we dispatch stamps to it and carry the stamp liability.
Plan My UK Route

Importing part-finished keeps stock in duty suspension for longer, and keeps an onward duty-suspended movement open.

Store It Here. Pay Duty as It Leaves.

Goods-in, duty-suspended storage, pick, pack and dispatch from our Preston site, to your distributors and retailers in the UK and abroad.

What We Do

  • Goods-in and stock control
  • Duty-suspended storage in our bonded warehouse
  • Release to order, stamped and ready for sale
  • Drop-shipping to retailers in the UK and beyond

What You Bring

  • Stock, or production with us
  • A release plan by product
  • Delivery addresses or a sales channel to connect

Good to Know

  • Duty suspension changes when duty is paid, never how much
  • Every movement under suspension is recorded for HMRC
Ask About Storage

Use the calculator below to see what holding stock in bond does to your cash flow.

Vaping Products Duty

Vape Duty Is Live. Keep Stock in Bond and Pay Duty as It Ships.

Since 1 October 2026 every vaping liquid made in or brought into the UK carries duty, and every retail pack needs a duty stamp. Duty falls due when stock leaves duty suspension, so holding it in our bonded warehouse and releasing it to your orders moves the bill closer to the day it sells.

  • Rate£2.20 per 10ml (22p per ml), with or without nicotine, with VAT on top.
  • StampsAn 18 × 42mm stamp on the outermost retail pack, sealing it. Transitional stamps until 31 December 2026, digital stamps from 1 January 2027.
  • ApprovalNeeded to make or import vaping products, or to store them in duty suspension. Making them without it is unlawful.
  • TimingDuty falls due when stock leaves duty suspension, or on import if it never enters it. The amount doesn't change.

The Dates That Matter

  1. Duty and duty stamps go live
  2. Age of sale 18 for all vaping and nicotine products
  3. First monthly duty return due
  4. Last day to buy transitional stamps
  5. Last day to affix transitional stamps
  6. Digital stamps required on new products
  7. Last day to sell eligible unstamped stock

Read: VPD Is Live, What Comes Next

What Bonded Storage Keeps Free

The duty is the same either way. This shows how much of it you'd pay before your stock sells.

Product Format
40%
Duty on the whole run
£110,000
Paid up front if the whole run is released at once
£110,000
Paid this quarter if held in bond and released to order
£44,000
Kept in your business until release
£66,000

Illustration using the published rate of £2.20 per 10ml from 1 October 2026 (shortfills taxed on the liquid they contain). VAT is charged on top when sold. Duty suspension changes when duty is paid, not how much. Not tax advice: confirm your position with HMRC guidance or a qualified adviser.

Map My Release Plan

What We Make

Four Product Families. One Quality System.

Made to your recipe or ours, in our containers or yours, under our ISO 9001 quality system with batch traceability from raw materials to delivery.

E-Liquid

Nic salt and freebase 10ml, shortfills and nicotine-free liquids, blended and filled in Preston.

  • Formats10ml, 60ml and 120ml bottles
  • NicotineNic salt or freebase, up to 20mg/ml in 10ml
  • FlavoursOur library or your recipe
Ask About E-Liquid

Nicotine Pouches

Developed and made in-house to your formulation, strength and flavour, in cans branded to your design.

  • FormulaYour strength, pH and flavour
  • PaperworkCLP labels, safety data sheets, notifications
  • RulesAge of sale 18 from 29 Oct 2026; no vape duty
Ask About Pouches

CBD

Creams, balms, CBD e-liquids and oral products, made to the rules that apply to each.

  • TopicalsCreams and balms in pots and pumps
  • E-Liquid10ml bottles; vape duty applies
  • OralDrops, within the FSA novel food process
Ask About CBD

Personal Care

Hand creams, body butters and bath bombs, scented to your brief and packed in our containers or yours.

  • Creams60ml and 100ml pots, 100ml pumps
  • ScentsBespoke or from our range
  • DesignLabels and packs by our studio
Ask About Personal Care

How It Works

From First Call to Stamped Stock.

Seven steps, one team. You can join at any step: some brands only need filling, stamping or storage.

  1. Discovery

    We agree the brief, the route and the volumes. NDA first if you're sharing recipes.

    Call or meeting

  2. Flavour and Formula

    Samples from our library, or your recipe matched. Adjust strengths and ratios until you sign off.

    Our flavourists

  3. Branding and Design

    Your artwork or our studio's, with room for the 18 × 42mm duty stamp that seals the pack.

    Our creative studio

  4. Compliance

    Labelling, safety data and product notification, prepared and submitted for each market.

    Our compliance team

  5. Production

    Blended and filled in ISO 7 clean rooms, batch-coded and checked against specification.

    Preston site

  6. Duty Stamping

    Stamps applied and activated on our approved premises as bottles come off the line.

    Approved affixer

  7. Storage and Dispatch

    Held in bond or released duty-paid, then delivered to you, your distributors or your retailers.

    Bonded warehouse

Time to Shelf

Four Clocks Run Between Sign-Off and Sale.

We plan them together at the discovery call, so your launch date is one you can keep.

Plan My Launch Dates
  1. ArtworkYour sign-off, then print. Packs need room for an 18 × 42mm stamp that seals them.
  2. NotificationNicotine e-liquids can only be supplied once they're on the MHRA's published list. A new brand on a liquid that's already notified is an update, usually quicker than a new recipe.
  3. Duty StampsOrdered by us as the approved affixer. The printer's standard lead time is 15 days, in reels or boxes of 1,000.
  4. ReleaseStock waits in bond until you need it, and duty is due as it leaves us.

Brands Made in Preston

350+ Brands Since 2014. Here Are Six.

No two arrangements are the same. These six show the range: our recipes and theirs, our studio's designs and theirs.

  • Our Group BrandPod Salt

    Our group's own nicotine salt e-liquid brand, made in Preston since it launched in 2018.

  • OEMSupergood

    Their ideas, recipes and designs; our materials, flavour development, production and compliance labelling.

  • Co-PackingDoozy Vape Co

    They supply flavour concentrates; we add PG, VG and our nicotine salt formula, then fill and label.

  • Design and ManufactureJammin

    Our creative studio designed the logo and packaging artwork, and we make the range.

  • Base IngredientsDrop E-Liquids

    We supply the base ingredients for their flavour profiles, mixed and bottled in our ISO 9001 facility.

  • RelaunchBig Tasty

    A shortfill range made solely by Xyfil, relaunched with a cleaner, simpler pack design.

Best Manufacturer, Vapouround Awards 2024

Awarded to Xyfil's Preston team in 2024.

Work With the Team

Our Preston Site

From Lab to Loading Bay, Under One Roof.

Blending, filling, stamping and bonded storage on one site in Preston, so your stock never travels between suppliers before it's ready to sell.

Site Plan · Durton Lane, PrestonIllustrative, Not to Scale

Pick an area to see what happens there. Stock moves left to right: in, made, stamped, stored, out.

  • ISO 9001:2015 CertifiedOur quality management system, certified by NQA.
  • GMP and HACCPGood Manufacturing Practice (food safety management) and HACCP certification.
  • ISO 7 Clean RoomsA controlled environment for blending and filling.
  • Batch TraceabilityFrom raw materials through to the day we deliver your products.
  • Authenticity CodesSingle-use codes your customers can check online, to spot counterfeits.

Your Recipe Stays Yours

NDAs as standard. Recipes are held under pseudonyms with encrypted records, so the production floor works from a code, not your brand name.

RecipeR-0417
Clienthidden
StatusNDA signed
  • 2014Founded in Preston, starting in a 1,000 sq ft unit
  • 350+Brands supported in the UK and abroad
  • 35,000sq ftManufacturing and storage space
  • 1,543Nicotine products on the MHRA's published list, notified by Xyfil

Info Hub

Plain Answers on Vape Duty.

We've written about every stage of VPD as it happened. Start with these three, or browse the full Info Hub.

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Tell Us What You Want to Make.

A few details now saves a lot of back and forth later. Trade enquiries only.

  1. We read your brief and come back to you to arrange a call.
  2. Discovery call. We agree the route, volumes and timings. NDA first if you're sharing recipes.
  3. Samples and a quote, then production slots.
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Unit 1 and 2, Durton Lane Business Park,
Eastway, Fulwood, Preston PR3 5LR

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FAQ

Questions Brand Owners Ask Us.

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Are you approved for Vaping Products Duty?

Yes. Xyfil is approved by HMRC as a producer, importer, warehousekeeper and duty stamp affixer, and acts as a UK duty representative for overseas businesses. Each approval covers a different point in your product's journey, so it's worth asking any manufacturer which ones they hold.

Do I need my own HMRC approval?

Not if we make, stamp and store your stock. HMRC approval is for businesses that make or import vaping products, or store them in duty suspension; businesses that only buy, sell or distribute duty-paid stock don't need to apply. If you also make or import stock yourself, you'll need your own, and HMRC asks for at least 45 working days to process an application.

Do you apply the duty stamps?

Yes, on our own approved premises, as part of production. The 18 × 42mm stamp goes on the outermost retail pack and must seal it. Transitional stamps can be bought until 30 November 2026 and applied until 31 December 2026; from 1 January 2027 only digital stamps can be applied.

Can you hold my stock in duty suspension?

Yes. Our bonded warehouse is approved for duty-suspended storage, so duty falls due as we release stock to your orders rather than on the whole run at once. The amount of duty stays the same: only the timing changes.

Can you make my existing recipes?

Yes. We offer contract (OEM) manufacturing to your specification, co-packing with your own flavour concentrates, and toll manufacturing, where you use a single service such as filling, labelling or compliance.

What is your minimum order?

It depends on the product, the container and the route. Tell us your volumes in the form and we'll quote against them, including what changes at higher volumes.

Do you handle product notifications?

Yes. Our compliance team prepares and submits notifications for nicotine e-liquids, alongside TRPR and CLP labelling and safety data. The MHRA's published list shows 1,543 products notified with Xyfil as the submitter (October 2026). We also work on compliance for EU and Middle East markets.

I'm an overseas brand. Can you get my product into the UK?

Yes, through four routes: UK stamping and finishing for part-finished goods, duty stamping only for retail-ready goods, import representation, and overseas stamping under a bank guarantee if your own factory holds HMRC approval.

How do you protect my recipe?

NDAs as standard. Recipes are held under pseudonyms with encrypted records, so production works from a code rather than your brand name.

Do you sell to the public?

No. We manufacture for businesses only. If you've bought a product we made, you can check it's genuine or report a side effect.

Bought a Product We Made?

Check it's genuine with the code on the pack, or tell us about a side effect.