Fledgling firm scoops top award for collaboration

Brand and strategy business Q Branch Consulting is celebrating after scooping its first major award, just eight months after setting up.

The firm was founded by Matt Clutterham and Jenny Jarvis, who first met on a Covid lockdown date.

Now, their business has been crowned the winner of the Outstanding Collaboration category of The Business Desk’s Business Masters East Midlands Awards.

The business won the award for its collaboration with Nottingham-based male suicide prevention charity Tough to Talk.

Q Branch Consulting is a brand and strategy agency that helps small to medium enterprises achieve growth.

The business fuses the talents of life coach Jenny and former lighting designer turned branding expert Matt, who has worked with some of the biggest business names in the world such as Bacardi, Samsung and Sony.

The business has been working with Tough to Talk, a charity which is aiming to reduce male suicide by delivering its ‘tough talks’ in male-centred workspaces, encouraging men to share their feelings and admit if they are struggling, so they can get the help they need and be diverted from dying by suicide.

Q Branch Consulting has created a new website for Tough to Talk, which has resulted in a 500 per cent increase in online engagement and a significant boost to its revenue.

Matt said: “I’m blown away that just eight months after starting out, Q Branch Consulting has won this prestigious award.

“We are extremely proud of our work with Tough to Talk, which is helping this important charity cut through the noise and be heard so it can deliver its life-saving work.

“One of our important brand values at Q Branch Consulting is ‘togetherness’ and our work with Tough to Talk perfectly illustrates that.

“Tough to Talk’s work helps men feel a sense of togetherness and that they are not alone in feeling the mental struggles and pressures that very sadly leads so many to take their own life.

“We could not be prouder that our first award at Q Branch Consulting should be for our work in a cause that is very dear to our hearts.

“We would like to thank The Business Desk and the awards judges for recognising our efforts, we were shocked and delighted to win!”

An in-depth feature about Q Branch Consulting is included in the current edition of Marketing Derby’s Innovate Magazine. To read it, click here.