Save time and gain more business opportunities with our UK-based Phone Answering Service
Our friendly Best Receptionists provide the best telephone answering service for you and your customers.
You can trust our UK-based call answering team to provide your callers with the highest level of customer service. Our receptionists answer all calls promptly, and use a greeting of your choosing in a friendly, professional manner.
Our phone answering service is perfect for small to medium businesses requiring a remote team of friendly receptionists, who will handle all your customer enquiries, call transfers and message taking.
We also offer virtual receptionist packages for diary management and appointment booking. For larger companies, our UK call centre package may be more appropriate.
Our telephone answering service is perfect for small businesses requiring a remote team of friendly receptionists, who will handle all your customer enquiries, transfer your calls, take messages, capture data and answer any queries.
This call plan does not include diary management or appointment booking. If you’re looking for diary management and appointment booking, please click here.
All prices subject to VAT
Discover how the Best Reception team can support your business, saving you time and money. We offer a FREE 14-day trial, sign up today!
Our flexible reception service means you can find the perfect call answering solution for your company. Our range of options has been designed to support businesses in every sector.
When you choose a Best Reception call plan, you will receive a personalised, friendly service with the following features:
Get on with your day-to-day business safe in the knowledge that our reception team are answering your calls.
All our receptionists are based here in the UK, so we are best placed to serve you and your customers.
Our receptionists are here to answer your calls when you need some extra business support. For example, when your phone is engaged or a call goes unanswered.
Answering in your company name, our receptionists will either transfer the call directly to you, or will take a message and send it to you immediately.
We can handle all your incoming calls, unanswered calls, or out-of-hours calls – whatever is best for you and your business.
For those moments when you are free to receive a call, we can simply transfer the customer to you. Otherwise, our team will send you a message containing the customer’s details.
Are you struggling to handle your business calls? Would you like an extra pair of hands to provide a friendly, professional phone answering service?
The team at Best Reception are standing by, waiting to help.
Imagine having all your calls answered promptly, without having to trawl through endless voicemail messages. Our fully-trained receptionists will manage all your incoming customer calls, ensuring a polite and reliable customer experience.
We offer a range of service packages, so we can tailor our solutions to suit your business. Whether you want 24/7 call answering and message taking or appointment booking, our aim is to be an integral part of your operation.
Here at Best Reception, we don’t use overseas call centres, we have our own qualified team of receptionists who are ready to receive your calls.
Outsourcing your customer call handling to another company can feel like a leap into the unknown, but we can guide you through a a step-by-step onboarding process. This way, none of the details will get missed and we can learn all about your day-to-day business needs. In fact, we see every new client as an exciting challenge so we strive to deliver the most comprehensive and cost-effective solution for you.
Your journey starts with our friendly customer service team. This is when you can experience our service first hand, and describe your requirements so Best Reception can create the ideal solution for you.
We will collect all the information we need to arrange your FREE trial. Our experts will create your call handling instructions and brief members of your team – then we can start taking your calls!
Experience how Best Reception works from the first call. With your feedback, we will fine tune our service to deliver even better results for your business. At trial end, we’ll provide a breakdown of anticipated call volumes and recommend a Best Reception call plan for you.
At the end of the trial, most of our clients decide to continue to use our service. Our receptionists will continue to support your business. You can relax, knowing that your calls are being answered by the professionals.
Our business call handling packages have been designed so that you will stop missing leads and important business calls.
Would you like a virtual PA to manage your telephone calls, diary, appointments and other tasks? This service allows you to focus on the most important, and profitable, aspects of your business.
This service is ideal for larger companies with teams of staff and a high volume of calls. Your switchboard will be managed by our UK-based receptionists who will professionally and politely answer your calls, creating a positive first impression.
Our virtual numbers services can enable local numbers, national numbers and freephone numbers to be assigned to your business. When customers call your virtual number, they will connect through to your existing direct dial and mobile numbers, as you require.
A local telephone number gives your business a physical presence and attracts customers who prefer to buy from a ‘local’ business. Best Reception can provide local numbers as virtual numbers for any town or city in the UK.
Take your first step towards a stress-free future by experiencing the Best Reception service. Sign up for your FREE trial today.
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Our mission is to end the frustration some business owners feel when dealing with telephone calls. Using our team of UK-based call answering professionals, we will allow you to concentrate on your day job.
As one of the UK’s leading phone answering services, we are the people you can trust to represent your business. In fact, we believe there are many more reasons why you should choose us.
Firstly, we understand that every company is different, which is why we create a personal solution to deliver results. Whether you are a sole trader or a global empire, we believe our friendly, personal approach can improve your business communication.
Our relationship with every client is based on trust. From the first to the final call of the day, we will provide a professional and reliable service.
So what makes us special?
✅ Personal service is at the heart of everything we do
✅ We are proud to represent your business
✅ Training and development is part of our ethos
✅ We want your business to succeed
Based in Ware, Hertfordshire, we carefully select every member of our call answering team who all complete an in-depth internal training and development programme. We put our people first, as we recognise that happy employees make great employees.
We are also keen to support our local community by getting involved in events and fundraising campaigns.
Playing an active part in the local and national business community is a big part of who we are. For example, we were proud to sponsor the Collaboration in Practice award at the 2022 Institute of Osteopathy awards ceremony.
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Call answering services can benefit businesses in a wide range of industries.
Discover how some of our clients use our professional team to assist their operation.
We can support the work of your receptionists by ensuring calls are answered promptly. Make your practice stand out with a smooth and efficient appointment booking system.
Numerous law firms across the UK use Best Reception’s Telephone Answering Service. Busy periods can be managed effectively with our cost and time-effective solution for both small and large firms.
Our current customers include acupuncturists, chiropodists, chiropractors and other health therapists. Get your calls answered by our friendly team while you can focus on treating clients.
Our phone answering service is ideal for businesses of all sizes. A large corporation might also benefit from our virtual receptionist or call centre packages. Stop missing important calls and let us handle your reception.
Discover how the Best Reception team can support your business, saving you time and money. We offer a FREE 14-day trial, sign up today!
According to BT Business, customers will try to call a maximum of twice before taking their business elsewhere, with a fifth estimating they would call just once.
The cost of missing just one customer call was estimated as approximately £1,200. How much could your business be losing by not answering calls from potential customers?
When we established Best Reception in 2006, our mission was to offer a cost-effective solution so all businesses could benefit. With that in mind, our pricing plans start from as little as £60 per month. While we do have some standard support packages, we believe in tailoring our solutions to the demands of every client.
We believe that businesses in any sector can benefit from a professional call answering service. Whether you are a trades person who is busy working on site all day, or a large operation receiving hundreds of sales calls per day – we can design a solution for you. Once we receive a call, there is a wide range of actions we can undertake on your behalf. These include diverting the call to you, taking a message, receiving sales orders and booking appointments. We work with each and every client to devise the best arrangement so our service produces the maximum benefit to your business.
Don’t just take our word for it, why not listen to the feedback from one of our many satisfied customers: “I would like to thank you and the team for all your efforts on our behalf over the last few years. Frankly, I could never have survived on occasions unless I had your support. Your tact, good humour and efficiency has contributed enormously to the work and reputation of this organisation. So – thank you.”
Best Reception can save you stress and time, allowing you to concentrate on the important stuff, such as growing your business.
Yes. We understand that you might prefer to use a regional phone number, as your customers may trust a local business rather than an anonymous mobile number. We can arrange a regional code from anywhere in the UK, which can also free up your mobile number for personal calls.
‘There is a small one-off admin fee, for a permanent divert to a UK number of your choice. (Exclusions may apply.)
Yes you can, we work on a rolling monthly contract which can be terminated with two months’ notice (starting from the end of that calendar month). We have a fixed notice period as it enables us to maintain appropriate staffing levels.
Our initial, FREE trial periods usually last two weeks and carry no obligation, so you can choose to simply walk away when they end. If you decide to go ahead with our services, we never charge a separate set-up fee. We are always confident that once a client experiences our phone answering service, they will be happy to continue without interruption.
Our bespoke phone answering service is used by a wide range of businesses who choose us to handle their incoming calls. Your calls can be transferred, messages taken or other relevant information provided to your customers.
If you require more support, you can opt for our virtual receptionist appointment booking service, which is popular with dentists, trades people and beauty salons. Don’t miss a call while you’re busy working for another client. Your diary can be filling up with bookings while you concentrate on the day job. Our professionals will answer your calls, collect the callers’ data, book appointments and answer any queries. They will then send you a message containing all the details.
Larger businesses may require our call centre switchboard service which can handle a high volume of inbound calls. External calls can be diverted to individuals or departments via their landlines or mobiles.
You can keep your existing business phone number and divert it to our office, or we can host your main number.
Trial our call handling service for two weeks.
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0800 0430084 or 01992 531000
reception@bestreception.co.uk
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