0845 Local Rate Phone Numbers

0845 Local rate numbers are used for general day to day contact with all calls charged to the caller at the local rate, no matter where they are in the country, and your business pays nothing to receive the calls. It is widely and publicly recognised that calls are charged at local rate.

Local Rate numbers are also good marketing numbers, and it is widely recognised that calls to these numbers are charged at local rate. While not quite as effective as 0800 numbers, they are cheap to call, and like all 08 numbers give you a national presence.

As with free phone numbers, 0845 numbers are proven to generate three times the response from customers and enable you to attract customers from beyond your local area. It also promotes a certain amount of professionalism and distinguishes you from your competitors. Most Internet service providers use 0845 numbers, as it allows them to offer low-call costs to subscribers nationwide.

Once you have chosen your telephone number, simply select one of the following:

Call forwarding

A digital switchboard providing an automated and customised interactive menu. Customers never hear an engaged tone and calls are answered 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Each extension has a personalised voicemail with messages forwarded by email. Calls can be forwarded to departments spread around the world - see Call forwarding Overseas.

Live Call Answering

Calls pass seamlessly to us. Calls are diverted from your existing number and answered promptly in your company name by allocated receptionists acting on your instructions. You receive immediate notification by email, including the callers recorded message and contact details.