AI phone answering for UK businesses
Smart answering that handles missed calls so you don't have to.
Get a professional UK landline that forwards to your mobile. If you miss a call, smart answering handles it in your business name, captures the details, and sends you the summary.
From £10/month + 85p per answered missed call. No contract.
New missed call
Caller summary
Caller
Sarah Mitchell
Reason
Wants a quote for a bathroom leak
Urgency
Today if possible
Best number
07700 900123
The gap it fills
A virtual landline is useful. An answered call is what wins the customer.
Most business phone services solve the credibility problem: they give you a local number. The harder problem is availability. When you are on the tools, in a treatment room, with a client, or driving between jobs, the call still goes unanswered.
The two parts come together in one service. You get a local UK landline for trust, mobile forwarding for normal calls, and smart answering for the moments you cannot pick up.
That makes it a practical fit for small businesses that do not need a call centre, but cannot afford to let new enquiries drift into voicemail.
Best use cases
Built for the calls that happen at exactly the wrong moment.
You are on a job and cannot safely answer
A new enquiry rings after hours
You are with a client or mid-appointment
You want a local number without another handset
You need caller details without listening to voicemail
You want to separate work calls from your personal mobile
How it works
Your phone still rings first.
Caller rings your local number
Choose a UK area code and use it on your website, Google profile, van, cards, and ads.
You answer when you can
Calls forward to your mobile. If you pick up, it is a normal business call.
We handle missed calls
If you are busy, smart answering captures the details and sends you the summary.
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Smart answering questions
What is smart answering?
Smart answering is a phone answering service that speaks to callers when you cannot pick up. It greets callers in your business name, asks what they need, captures their contact details, and sends you a summary so you can call back quickly.
Does Solofone answer every call or only missed calls?
Your local landline forwards to your mobile first. If you answer, it is a normal call and there is no extra charge. If you cannot pick up, Solofone answers the missed call and sends the details to you.
Will callers know they are speaking to AI?
The service answers naturally and professionally in your business name. It is designed for simple first-contact calls: taking the caller's name, number, reason for calling, and urgency so you can follow up.
Is this different from a virtual landline?
Yes. A standard virtual landline usually forwards calls to your mobile and then drops to voicemail if you do not answer. With Solofone you get the local landline and smart answering in one service.
Who is it best for?
It is best for sole traders, people who work with their hands or with clients, salons, consultants, estate agents, and small businesses where the owner is often busy with customers, on site, driving, or in appointments.
Is this an AI receptionist?
People sometimes search for this as an AI receptionist. At Solofone we call it smart answering: when you can't pick up, your calls are answered automatically in your business name, and the caller's details are texted to you within 60 seconds.
Done letting clients run your personal life?
Choose your local number, forward it to your mobile, and let smart answering handle calls when you are busy.