40 | UK Enterprise Awards 2023 Best Specialist CBD Store 2023 - South West & Customer Service Excellence Award 2023 The role of CBD products has grown significantly over the last few years. With a product that holds such unique properties, it is now in incredibly high demand. The team at Hemphasize have made it their mission to offer a market where everyone is having a go, the very highest quality at a cost which doesn’t break the bank. With success in the UK Enterprise Awards 2023 behind them, we took a closer look to find out more. When Adam Wallbridge founded Hemphasize, he was suffering from major health issues. Type 1 diabetes, as well as mental health concerns had made it difficult for him to live a regular life, but CBD opened the door to a whole world of opportunity. With his pain significantly relieved, he wanted to make it easier for other people who were struggling to access the treatments he had been able to find. Hemphasize was the solution he came up with. Opened in 2019, the firm has become the biggest CBD/Cannabis specialist store in the Southwest with products ranging from Full Spectrum high quality CBD oils, gummies, balms and gels to top of the range glassware, accessories and dry herb vapourisers. This one-stop-shop was created to deliver the best CBD oils on the market, and establish a brand that could be trusted in what was a wild west approach to the industry. Tens of thousands of people have turned to the team from Hemphasize, and continue to do so because they know that the product is sound. There are many different ways to naturally help, aid and benefit our bodies, and Hemphasize has slowly expanded its brief beyond CBD products to include vitamins, minerals and mushroom complexes. Customers come from all walks of life, including professional athletes, doctors, nurses, surgeons and teachers. All want to find the best CBD products on the markets, and know that the Hemphasize team will always be able to deliver. For them, high standards at all times are crucial not only to the success of the company, but to the growth of the CBD market as a whole. CBD products can still carry a stigma, but it’s through the tireless efforts of businesses such as Hemphasize that this has been transformed in very short order. The altered perspective that many have now gained on the industry is due, in no small part, to the work that the team have put in. Previously, finding high quality products was a major challenge. The market was saturated with poor quality, low strength and watered-down oils. Hemphasize has made it harder than ever before to return to these standards, because people now know what they should expect. The world of CBD products means that Hemphasize is more than just a place to buy products, but a community which has grown around what is on offer. The team offer information about the industry as a whole, and how individuals can benefit from using CBD as a health option. The hemp which forms the core of what the Hemphasize offer is produced in Guernsey on an organic farm, and it is manufactured in the UK to reduce the firm’s carbon footprint and keep prices as low as possible. With more than 80 different brands in stock to suit every person’s unique needs and requirements, it’s little wonder that the firm has achieved such renowned success. The Hemphasize team is one where family comes first, and of the seven staff, four of them are related to Adam and two are close friends who understand the importance of what is being offered in the shop. The aim here has been to find a way of effectively connecting with customers about a topic where they might not know anything at all. Hemphasize, therefore, is part provider, part educator and part explorer into the world of CBD products for many. This environment is fed by an approach which sees the team working well together with good natured banter and plenty of jokes flowing – especially the bad ones. When people walk through the doors of Hemphasize, they feel at home instantly, because they are! Looking ahead, the future seems bright for this talented team, as they continue to share the powerful message of what CBD products on the
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