Oxford Pool and Leisure Co has been voted the UK's best swimming pool and spa firm.

The company, based at Swinford Farm, Swinford, near Eynsham, won the Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association's Peter Geekie Pool Business Initiative Award.

The judges presented the award to the firm, which was set up in 1979, after examining all aspects of the business, including customer service, quality of its back-up service, safety standards and investment in staff.

The company, which sells and installs pools, spas, saunas and steam rooms, also won the Best Residential Indoor Pool category, for a pool installed near Beaconsfield. Richard Adams, who received the awards, said: "It is an honour to receive these awards, especially the one in memory of Peter Geekie, who founded the UK pool business in the 1960s.

"We would like to thank our staff for the hard work they have put into building up our company to what it is today."