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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.
Company structure
editHuntsworth's healthcare capability has three areas of expertise:
- Medical – Lead Agency is Medistrava. Activities related to launch communications and post-launch real-world evidence.
- Marketing – Lead Agency is Evoke. Marketing to patients, HCPs and payers for prescription drugs.
- Immersive – Lead Agency is The Creative Engagement Group. All activities, both internal and external, of an experiential nature including Expo booth design/Medical congress & symposia organisation and execution.
Huntsworth also has a communications group, which provides a wide range of communications and advisory services including strategic communications, public affairs, investor relations and consumer marketing. Huntsworth’s communications pillar is split into three distinct agency sub-Groups:
- General PR and Public Affairs – Lead Agency is Grayling.
- Financial PR – Lead Agency is Citigate Dewe Rogerson.
- Brands – Lead Agency is Red.
Clients
editGraylings 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
editHuntsworth 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]
References
edit- ^ "Huntsworth Leadership Team". Huntsworth. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Top lobbyist denies giving money to Tories – but accounts tell a story". The Independent. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Tory peer's PR firm lobbies as Lukashenko crushes dissent". The Independent. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "PM's private land deal with lobbyist raises questions". Channel 4 News. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Peer review: Lords paid by lobbying firms". The Guardian. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ Coates, Sam; Bird, Steve (30 January 2009). "David Cameron ally Lord Chadlington primed private equity leaders before inquiry". The Times. Retrieved 20 January 2023.