Sleaford hot tub firm wins triple gold at National Pool & Spa Awards

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For the fifth year in a row, Sleaford-based hot tub specialist 1 Stop Spas have won at the UK Pool & Spa Awards.

The family-run Lincolnshire business was shortlisted in three major categories including Hot Tub Retailer of the Year, Hot Tub Showroom of the Year and Hot Tub Project of the Year; an achievement in itself, but the local Hot Tub experts came away with gold in all three categories as well as taking the overall winners prize at this year’s Pool & Spa Awards held at the NEC, Birmingham on December 12 and presented to the team by Swimming legend, Olympian, Gladiator and Dancing on Ice Star Sharon Davies MBE.

Managing Director Chris Brady commented: “We are overwhelmed that so many members of the public, local businesses and industry experts (including our competitors) took the time to vote for us in all 3 top categories is truly amazing, but to also be awarded the overall prize for ‘Hot Tub Showroom of the Year’ is fantastic reward for the investment we have made in 2019 relocating the main business into Sleaford.

“We would also like to thank NKDC for supporting our relocation into the area which has helped us grow all areas of our business & help create new jobs for the area.

“Competition in the area is growing with many new companies supplying hot tubs, both online and with small stores in industrial units, many of them sub-standard and poor quality and trying to compete on price alone, but it’s hard for consumers to actually know where their product is made and hard to detect poor quality products to the untrained eye without physically comparing. The opening of our store in Sleaford, (the UK’s Largest Indoor Swimspa & Hot Tub Showroom), allows customers to view a vast selection of high-quality, American-Made Hot Tubs from two of the oldest & largest manufacturers in the world; Marquis Spas USA & American Whirlpool.”

The new showroom on Sellwood Court, Sleaford, is not just a retail showroom, it is the UK’s first ‘Hot Tub Centre of Excellence’, incorporating all three divisions of the 1 Stop Spas group including Sales, a new B2B trade area, commercial holiday park hot tub zone and the soon to be completed Training Room for the SpaTech Training -the UK’s first dedicated Training Centre which will bring hot tub professionals from around the UK & Europe into Sleaford to be trained & mentored which is great exposure for Lincolnshire and local business as a whole.

Financial Director Melissa Brady added: “We hope that the larger facility in Sleaford, with help drive business for us and other local businesses and as we grow, we hope to relocate more of the business into Sleaford, creating more local jobs whilst ensuring consumers and holiday parks are supplied with high-quality products that are safe, reliable, energy-efficient and fully compliant with the latest standards.”