CITYZONE COMPANY MEMBER - CQ CONSULTING

CQ Consulting provides consultancy support to companies, knowledge transfer bodies and those seeking to exploit business ideas and profit from innovation.

Company	CQ Consulting
Web site	www.cqconsulting.co.uk
Main sector	Advisory, Mentoring & Non-execs
Address	1 Lyndhurst Close Selborne Road Croydon Surrey CR0 5LU UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone	07786 960 999
Team
Customers	Imperial Innovations
Enterprise status	e1 (£0-500k)
Target market	e1 (£0-500k) e2 (£500k-2m) e3 (£2m-10m) e4 (£10m+)
Sustainable business impact	Environmental CQ Consulting provides services and assisted with securing finance for Lion Bridge Ventures which invests in non-food biodiesel cultivation. This included the start up and continuing growth of Jatropha Africa. Jatropha is a non food oil producing plant which grows on semi arid land which is not well suited to food crops. Jatropha Africa: -- brings jobs to rural villages in Ghana - cultivates a crop that does not distort food prices - produces a replacement for mineral oil

Think Big helps companies to: - identify opportunities for product, service and process innovation; - source technology, apply solutions and find development partners; - develop strategies to access new markets; - harness skills, facilities and know how in universities; - help access grants and other sources of finance. Recent and current clients include: London Metropolitan University - knowledge transfer Lion Bridge Ventures - non food biodiesel investor Jatropha Africa - non food biodiesel farm in Ghana