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

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Clients

Graylings has lobbied for some of Britain's leading companies, like National Grid and BT, and has carried out PR work for

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. When working for Huntsworth, its founder Lord Chadlington personally lobbied for several clients, including the

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and the

Carlyle Group The Carlyle Group Inc. is an American multinational company with operations in private equity, alternative asset management and financial services. As of 2023, the company had $426 billion of assets under management. Carlyle specializes in ...

. Chadlington would also advise private equity companies on issues being examined by the Commons

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as well as prime senior figures from

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s such as

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, 3i and the Carlyle Group before they appeared before the Treasury Select Committee.

Political connections

Huntsworth is a major donor to the UK Conservative Party: between them,

Lord Chadlington Peter Selwyn Gummer, Baron Chadlington (born 24 August 1942) is an English businessman and former head of Huntsworth, one of the largest lobbying firms in the United Kingdom. He is currently President of the Witney Conservative constituency ...

and Huntsworth donated £77,000 to the Tories between 2005 and 2010.

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