Huge fire in Glasgow.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8l2wx0027o
Another Glaswegian building burned down. This time started by a fire in a vape shop. Some pretty gutting footage on Reddit.
To be replaced with a modern soulless monstrosity no doubt.
https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/XDhbZmy2MQ
Another Glaswegian building burned down. This time started by a fire in a vape shop. Some pretty gutting footage on Reddit.
To be replaced with a modern soulless monstrosity no doubt.
https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/XDhbZmy2MQ
Don't worry about what will replace it.. it probably won't be in any of our lifetimes!
The School of Art was destroyed by fire in 2014, and then just before it reopened it was gutted again in 2018. 8 yrs later and they're still working on it, with very few updates on when it will actually be complete.
Given this is in such close proximity to the station that most people thought it was part of the same building, it's unlikely anything will be approved to be built there for a while
Anyone who has a Vape shop anywhere in the country right now, should be incredibly nervous... I can see councils, fire brigades, and insurance companies making life incredibly hard on these shops now
The School of Art was destroyed by fire in 2014, and then just before it reopened it was gutted again in 2018. 8 yrs later and they're still working on it, with very few updates on when it will actually be complete.
Given this is in such close proximity to the station that most people thought it was part of the same building, it's unlikely anything will be approved to be built there for a while
Anyone who has a Vape shop anywhere in the country right now, should be incredibly nervous... I can see councils, fire brigades, and insurance companies making life incredibly hard on these shops now
ikarl said:
Anyone who has a Vape shop anywhere in the country right now, should be incredibly nervous... I can see councils, fire brigades, and insurance companies making life incredibly hard on these shops now
Our local vape shop went up in flames a month or so back. Big event here and nearly took lots of other shops with it. Six pumps, aerial platform and hazardous units all turned out from the fire service - all for a tiny vape shop.It's just emblematic of the decline of Glasgow and Scotland in general - every time I travel back to England there are towns and cities with huge amounts of building going on, Manchester, Cambridge, and a lot of Birmingham is unrecognisable from when I was last around there about 25 years ago. Just seems to be no money in Scotland and Glasgow in particular. Sauchiehall Street is a f
king bombsite.
king bombsite.
The Vape market has attracted a lot of very sketchy people.
It has been basically unregulated for a long time and even the legit ones are often dodgy.
Vape liquid is pretty easy to make, usually just Glycerine, flavourings and Nicotine and a little goes a long way, so anyone can set up and with a little knowledge start making liquid, think some people make their own at home. Its not easy to make fags, roll ups dont count unless you want to look like a 1970s painter and decorator, plus the tobacco gets taxed anyway.
definitely a key component of the cash economy, vapers will pay with cash if they get a bit more liquid than paying by card, and that cash will never see a bank or HMRC.
Some of them are just money laundering fronts, if they are paying any tax then thats probably why, there are 40 or so shops in one area of Cheetham Hill in Manchester.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/17/britains-vape-capit...
Used to be the replica designer goods area which got clamped down on, now its vapes, guess they are all legal then
Needs sorting out, that area needs pulling to bits, Police, HMRC and whatever to descend.
It has been basically unregulated for a long time and even the legit ones are often dodgy.
Vape liquid is pretty easy to make, usually just Glycerine, flavourings and Nicotine and a little goes a long way, so anyone can set up and with a little knowledge start making liquid, think some people make their own at home. Its not easy to make fags, roll ups dont count unless you want to look like a 1970s painter and decorator, plus the tobacco gets taxed anyway.
definitely a key component of the cash economy, vapers will pay with cash if they get a bit more liquid than paying by card, and that cash will never see a bank or HMRC.
Some of them are just money laundering fronts, if they are paying any tax then thats probably why, there are 40 or so shops in one area of Cheetham Hill in Manchester.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/17/britains-vape-capit...
Used to be the replica designer goods area which got clamped down on, now its vapes, guess they are all legal then
Needs sorting out, that area needs pulling to bits, Police, HMRC and whatever to descend.
ScotHill said:
It's just emblematic of the decline of Glasgow and Scotland in general - every time I travel back to England there are towns and cities with huge amounts of building going on, Manchester, Cambridge, and a lot of Birmingham is unrecognisable from when I was last around there about 25 years ago. Just seems to be no money in Scotland and Glasgow in particular. Sauchiehall Street is a fking bombsite.
I don't like talking Glasgow down, but yes. Sauchiehall street is in a steep retail induced decline, exacerbated by the Glasgow School of Art/ABC fire and the council forever digging it up. Argyle street has been in decline for a long time. The city centre is in general dirty with crumbling pavements. There isn't even a modern 21st century shopping centre. This fire really compounds the city's problems.king bombsite.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff