North East CEO in UK top three

Neil Armstrong, owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Fastflow Group has been named among the top three bosses in the UK.

The Washington based independent utility services provider has consistently improved performance and turnover since Neil acquired it through a management buy-in in 2005.

This week he was honoured at the Institute of Gas Engineers and Managers Awards lunch at London’s Park Lane Hilton Hotel with a top three place in the Chief Executive of the Year category.

Said Neil:  “It was a very pleasant surprise which is reward for the efforts of the whole team at Fastflow.  It shows how far we’ve come in recent years and is another step along the road to becoming recognised as a national presence in the utility sector.”

The Fastflow business has two divisions, Pipeline Services which specialises in the water sector and Energy Projects, which works in the gas sector. Recent projects have included re-enforcement and re-routing work on high pressure mains for National Grid.