Type | UK private company |
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Industry | Professional services |
Founded | London, UK (2010) |
Number of employees | 178 |
Parent | Engine Group |
Website | mhpc.com |
MHP Communications is a public relations and public affairs firm, formed in 2010 from the merger of Mandate Communications, Hogarth PR and Penrose. It is owned by the Engine Group. [1]
On launch the firm was one of the ten largest PR firms in the UK. [2] MHP is a member of the Association of Professional Political Consultants. [3]
Their clients include AMEX, Kimberly-Clark, NHS Blood and Transplant, Clarks, Mothercare, AstraZeneca, Bayer, UKPN and BASF. [4]
Alex Bigg has been the CEO of MHP since 2016. Paul Burstow, former health minister of the UK, was named to company's board of advisors in September 2015. [5]
MHP has offices in London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and New York.
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