Huntsworth
{{short description|U.K communications company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Huntsworth
| logo = Huntsworth logo.svg
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| type = Private
| founder = Lord Chadlington
| location = London, England
| locations = 50 principal offices in 28 countries
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Liam FitzGerald (Chairman)|Neil Jones (CEO)}}{{cite web |title=Huntsworth Leadership Team |url=https://www.huntsworth.com/the-leadership-team/ |website=Huntsworth |access-date=7 December 2020}}
| industry = Pharmaceuticals
| services = Integrated healthcare communications
| subsid = Medistrava
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Grayling
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| owner = Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
| homepage = {{URL|www.huntsworth.com/}}
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Huntsworth Plc is an international healthcare and communications group.
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,{{cite news |title=Top lobbyist denies giving money to Tories – but accounts tell a story|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/top-lobbyist-denies-giving-money-to-tories-but-accounts-tell-a-different-story-6278372.html |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The Independent|date=17 December 2011 |language=en}} and has carried out PR work for Belarus. 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.{{cite news |title=PM's private land deal with lobbyist raises questions |url=https://www.channel4.com/news/pm-s-private-land-deal-with-lobbyist-raises-questions |access-date=17 January 2023 |work=Channel 4 News|date=23 November 2011}} Chadlington would also advise private equity companies on issues being examined by the Commons Treasury Select Committee{{cite news |title=Peer review: Lords paid by lobbying firms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jan/27/peer-review-lobbying |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The Guardian|date=27 January 2009 |language=en}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Coates |first1=Sam |last2=Bird |first2=Steve |title=David Cameron ally Lord Chadlington primed private equity leaders before inquiry |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/david-cameron-ally-lord-chadlington-primed-private-equity-leaders-before-inquiry-b7s37wm5kx0|website=The Times|access-date=20 January 2023 |date=30 January 2009 |language=en}}
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.{{cite news |title=Tory peer's PR firm lobbies as Lukashenko crushes dissent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tory-peer-s-pr-firm-lobbies-as-lukashenko-crushes-dissent-2248934.html |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The Independent |date=22 March 2011 |language=en}}
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