Behind the Policies That Help to Shape Our Environment ; Hugh Williams has Helped to Shape Modern Birmingham and Is Now Planning On Doing the Same for Turkey. Ross Reyburn Talks to Him About His Career

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A former leather factory in Albert Street looks an unlikely headquarters for a firm spreading the European Union message in Turkey.

But since Hugh Williams co-founded Ecotec 25 years ago, the firm has enjoyed a long and successful association with the European Union.

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Behind the Policies That Help to Shape Our Environment ; Hugh Williams has Helped to Shape Modern Birmingham and Is Now Planning On Doing the Same for Turkey. Ross Reyburn Talks to Him About His Career

Back in 1983, there were just six staff when the company started life in its original office in Steelhouse Lane. Today Ecotec has 250 staff and a pounds 29 million turnover providing policy advice to the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Its success story as one of Europe's largest companies specialising in applied economics and social science includes playing an important role in the groundwork responsible for Birmingham's renaissance in recent decades as well as a long list of EU projects including currently running the EU's communications programme in Turkey.

The son of a bank inspector, Hugh Williams was ...

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