Huntsworth
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Huntsworth is a public limited company
headquartered in London
and listed on the London Stock Exchange
. Huntsworth is an international public relations and integrated healthcare communications group operating from 70 principal offices in 32 countries. The group operates in the consumer, financial, public affairs, integrated healthcare and technology sectors.
. (www.webershandwick.com). Lord Chadlington's leadership of Huntsworth dates back to 2000.
Following the sale of Shandwick to IPG in 1998, Lord Chadlington took equity in Huntsworth which was then operating principally in three areas: sales promotion, public relations and design. Having built a significant holding of around 29.9%, Lord Chadlington called an EGM in August 2000 and voted himself and two colleagues, Jon Foulds and Anthony Brooke onto the Board.
They set about a programme of cost reduction, improving the health of existing agencies then in the group and a strategy of focus for growth through acquisitions.
Four main brands:
Others including: Atomic PR; Haslimann Taylor; Hudson Sandler; Momentum Creative Communications; Quiller consultants
; SCPR; Tonic Life Communications.
Public limited company
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headquartered in London
London
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and listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
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. Huntsworth is an international public relations and integrated healthcare communications group operating from 70 principal offices in 32 countries. The group operates in the consumer, financial, public affairs, integrated healthcare and technology sectors.
History
Huntsworth is run by Group CEO Lord Chadlington, who created and built Weber ShandwickWeber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick is a public relations firm.-History:Weber Shandwick is a formation of three previous companies:*The Weber Group - Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1987, leveraging emerging technologies such as the mobile phone and the internet into the world of communications, which made the company a...
. (www.webershandwick.com). Lord Chadlington's leadership of Huntsworth dates back to 2000.
Following the sale of Shandwick to IPG in 1998, Lord Chadlington took equity in Huntsworth which was then operating principally in three areas: sales promotion, public relations and design. Having built a significant holding of around 29.9%, Lord Chadlington called an EGM in August 2000 and voted himself and two colleagues, Jon Foulds and Anthony Brooke onto the Board.
They set about a programme of cost reduction, improving the health of existing agencies then in the group and a strategy of focus for growth through acquisitions.
List of Operating Companies
In August 2009, Huntsworth announced that it was to consolidate its global brands into four companies; Grayling, Citigate, Red and Huntsworth Health.Four main brands:
- Citigatehttp://www.citigatedewerogerson.com
- Grayling http://www.grayling.com (incorporating the consultancies previously known as Trimedia International, Mmd and DutkoWorldwide)
- Huntsworth Healthhttp://www.huntsworthhealth.com
- The Red Consultancyhttp://www.redconsultancy.com
Others including: Atomic PR; Haslimann Taylor; Hudson Sandler; Momentum Creative Communications; Quiller consultants
Quiller Consultants
The Quiller Consultancy Limited is a PR and strategic consultancy based in Westminster in central London.The company was formed in 1998 by John Eisenhammer, a former journalist with The Independent and Jonathan Hill, a former Whitehall mandarin, and now has ten consultants with backgrounds in...
; SCPR; Tonic Life Communications.