Case study
Hall of Vape: a turnaround.
A small business taken from around £84,000 to around £650,000 in turnover — and the operating discipline Black Tier now brings to construction and building services.
How should the figures be read?
The reported turnover figures are approximate and supplied by Shaun: around £84,000 rising to around £650,000. They describe this retail example, not a forecast for another business.
Reading the figures
- Approximate turnover, not profit or valuation
- An operating example outside construction
- No additional trading periods or results are inferred
The reported figures.
Approximate turnover figures supplied by Shaun Yendall.
Proof in a business that was run, not advised.
Hall of Vape is not a construction business, and we don't pretend it is. What it shows is the part that carries across: taking a business that was underperforming, seeing it clearly, fixing what mattered first and growing it into something substantially larger.
That hands-on experience — rather than a background in advising on deals — is the foundation of Black Tier.
The same discipline, a different sector.
- 01
Visibility first
Understanding the numbers properly before changing anything.
- 02
Fix the basics
Pricing, cash and cost control before anything ambitious.
- 03
Build the team
Growth delivered by people and systems, not by one person working harder.
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