Now that the UnLtd grant has come to an end – and many thanks to UnLtd for supporting the creation of the beta (test) version of Energy Royd – I’m working on how to turn the website into a hyper-local news start-up, still focussing on energy and climate change news and stories.

I’m quite excited that I’ve just been accepted onto the University of Central Lancashire’s (UClan) MADE start-up weekend. MADE is the Media And Digital Enterprise project of the School of Journalism, Media and Communication. It is working to help news start-ups in the UK and Turkey stay up through innovative training and business incubation support programmes.