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Huntsworth cuts ties with 5% of PR accounts to end 'abusive' client relationships

Huntsworth cuts ties with 5% of PR accounts to end 'abusive' client relationships

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Huntsworth has stopped working with around 5% of clients in its Communications arm - which includes Grayling, Red and Citigate - as it exits "unprofitable" accounts, CEO Paul Taaffe has told PRWeek.

Huntsworth PR revenue falls as Grayling 'eliminates' unprofitable client contracts

Huntsworth PR revenue falls as Grayling 'eliminates' unprofitable client contracts

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Huntsworth has reported a 5.4% fall in like-for-like revenue at its PR agencies in the first half of 2018, led largely by declines at Grayling after the "elimination of unprofitable client contracts."

Huntsworth buys U.S. health shop Giant Creative Strategy for $72m

Huntsworth buys U.S. health shop Giant Creative Strategy for $72m

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Huntsworth has continued its expansion by taking a majority stake in U.S. independent healthcare marketing agency Giant Creative Strategy for an initial sum of $72.2m.

Huntsworth Health revenue rose 18% in the first half of 2016

Huntsworth Health revenue rose 18% in the first half of 2016

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Red, a Huntsworth agency, also counted Sanofi as a new client.

AstraZeneca hires new head of corporate affairs

AstraZeneca hires new head of corporate affairs

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AstraZeneca appointed Jennie Younger, who has held senior communications roles at GlaxoSmithKline, Deutsche Bank, and FTI Consulting, as its vice president of global corporate affairs.