AN EAST Lancashire telecoms firm has been named among the UK’s fastest-growing technology companies.

Elite Telecom, based on the Matrix business park, was ranked 74th in the Sunday Times Tech Track league table.

It racked up turnover of £14.6million in 2009, up from £5.1million in 2006.

Founder and chief executive of Elite, Matt Newling, said: “Maintaining this level of concerted growth is at the top of our agenda for the coming year.”

Elite Telecom offers services including call queuing and network interactive voice response.