I have to admit that I only very rarely answer the central Fubra phone line these days. No offence to the sales people and recruitment companies out there that make up 90% of the calls we get to that number, but I just find that most of the time what they have to offer is not of interest (and we do all our recruitment in house). Whereas Brendan will happily spend half an hour winding them up before ditching the call, I'm not as cruel!

However, a few months ago, on one of the rare occasions that I did answer the phone, a lady called Sharron Livingston was calling and the conversation I then had with her has ultimately led to the development of a new network of travel sites for Fubra, starting with a guide to Calais.

Sharron is an author who specialises in a series of "Channel Hopper" guides. These pocket size books, are fact-packed, full colour guides to shopping, leisure, eating and sleeping across the Channel. However, prior to talking to us, they were only available in print form. The new joint venture will see us launching these guides on the web with Fubra providing the content management system, on-line strategy and technical expertise, and Sharron providing the text and images from her existing pocket guides.

The new guides will complement our leading travel sites, which cover everything from Airport Parking to Car Hire and even Time Zones.

Whilst we didn't make a financial investment in this new business (other than our ongoing time and resources), this is a great example of how we see Fubra working with, and investing in other companies and partnerships. If you have an idea like this, then read our Internet investments page.