Huntsworth

Huntsworth plc
Public
Traded as LSE: HNT
Industry Public relations
Founded 1974
Founder Lord Chadlington
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Number of locations
72 principal offices in 31 countries
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Lord Chadlington
(CEO)
Services Public relations
Integrated healthcare communications
Revenue Increase £ 174.70 million (2010)
Increase £ 15.80 million (2010)
Number of employees
1,600
Subsidiaries Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Grayling
Huntsworth Health
Red
Website www.huntsworth.com

Huntsworth (LSE: HNT) 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.

History

Huntsworth is run by Group CEO Lord Chadlington, who created and built Weber Shandwick. (www.webershandwick.com). Lord Chadlington's leadership of Huntsworth dates back to 2000. [1]

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.

[2]

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. [3]

Four main brands:


Others including: Atomic PR; Haslimann Taylor; Hudson Sandler; Momentum Creative Communications; Quiller consultants; SCPR; Tonic Life Communications.

References

  1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2922859/Huntsworth-appoints-Lord-Chadlington.html
  2. http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/14570/huntsworth-posts-first-profit-three-years/
  3. PR group Huntsworth announces restructuring Communicate magazine, August 2009

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