The success of Inspiral's business mentoring is fast gathering pace and we've gained a well-deserved reputation for recognising the potential of creative content and digital business ideas that might have gone unnoticed by more ‘generic' business support agencies.

This emphasis on innovative business models has resulted in Inspiral carrying out an original research project specially commissioned by Creative Sheffield on the positive impact of ‘disruptive innovation' on the City-Region.

What can we learn from disruptive innovators like eBay and iTunes - does it happen by accident or design? What does it take to accelerate innovation?

The research report will be released at a special launch event hosted by NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) in London.