Huntsworth
U.K communications company
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Huntsworth Plc is an international healthcare and communications group.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
| Founder | Lord Chadlington |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Number of locations | 50 principal offices in 28 countries |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Services | Integrated healthcare communications |
| Owner | Clayton, Dubilier & Rice |
| Subsidiaries | Medistrava Evoke The Creative Engagement Group Grayling Citigate Dewe Rogerson Red |
| Website | www |
The Group's principal area of focus is health, which provides marketing and medical communications services to healthcare clients, which are primarily large and mid-size pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Huntsworth is owned by private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
Clients
Graylings has lobbied for some of Britain's leading companies, like National Grid and BT,[2] and has carried out PR work for Belarus.[3] When working for Huntsworth, its founder Lord Chadlington personally lobbied for several clients, including the London Stock Exchange, Associated British Foods and the Carlyle Group.[4] Chadlington would also advise private equity companies on issues being examined by the Commons Treasury Select Committee[5] as well as prime senior figures from private equity firms such as Permira, KKR, 3i and the Carlyle Group before they appeared before the Treasury Select Committee.[6]
Political connections
Huntsworth is a major donor to the UK Conservative Party: between them, Lord Chadlington and Huntsworth donated £77,000 to the Tories between 2005 and 2010.[3]