Phone number for tradesmen

Give out a LineHQ business number instead of your mobile and set it to forward to you — or ring in turn to a mate — whenever a customer calls. If you genuinely can’t answer, the call drops to voicemail-to-email and the message lands in your inbox, so you can ring back the moment you’re free rather than losing the work.

It’s an automated one, not a call centre. LineHQ answers your line, forwards it to your mobile, and takes a voicemail if you can’t pick up — then emails you the message as a secure link. On the £19.99 package upward you can add a virtual receptionist that greets callers and offers a press-1 menu, but no human sits by the phone for you.

Yes. A LineHQ number sits in front of the phone you already carry, so calls to your business line simply ring your mobile — no app, no second SIM and no new handset. You answer them like any normal call. You can also have it ring more than one phone, in turn or all at once, if you work with a mate or a small crew.

Yes — that’s the main reason tradespeople use a virtual number. You put the business number on your van, quotes and website and keep your personal mobile to yourself. When a customer rings the business line it forwards to your mobile, but your own number is never shown to them, so evening and weekend calls stay on the business line where you can screen them.

LineHQ packages start at £4.99 a month with no contract and no line rental. You top up a prepaid wallet and only pay for the forwarding minutes you actually use, billed to the penny. There’s no setup fee and no minimum term, so you can start with one number, add call recording or a receptionist later, and cancel anytime if the work dries up.

A new number is typically live within 24–48 hours once any checks clear, and you can point it at your mobile straight away from the dashboard. If you’d rather keep the number already printed on your van and vehicles, you can port it to LineHQ for free — it keeps working throughout and usually completes within a couple of weeks.

Yes. You can switch on call recording for your business number, and LineHQ plays an automatic consent announcement to the caller first, keeping it in line with UK GDPR. Recordings play back securely in your dashboard, so if there’s ever a disagreement about what was quoted or agreed, you’ve got an accurate record to fall back on rather than one word against another.