after hours call answering UK

    After hours call answering for UK businesses

    When your team clocks off, Ella takes over. Calls outside your opening hours are answered in a warm British voice, triaged and either answered, recorded as a request or escalated, with a summary sent to your team

    • Cover evenings, weekends and bank holidays
    • Capture leads competitors send to voicemail
    • Triage urgent calls and escalate to an on-call mobile
    • Email and CRM summaries waiting at 9am
    Empty office reception at dusk after the team has gone home
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    What you get with out of hours cover

    Lead capture after 5pm

    Convert calls that would otherwise hit voicemail into qualified, contactable leads

    Emergency triage

    Route genuine emergencies to your on-call rota while non-urgent calls wait for morning

    Predictable monthly cost

    A fraction of the cost of an overnight answering team, with no per-shift minimums

    Your data requirements

    Discuss access, recording and retention requirements with our team

    Built for British operating hours

    Ella is configured around your actual rota. Switch hand-off on at 5:30pm, off at 8am, and add the bank holiday calendar in a click. Discuss data processing, access and retention requirements with Telappliant Ltd before deployment

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    Simple UK pricing

    Out of hours cover is included from our Starter plan. Pay only for the after hours minutes Ella handles

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    Out of hours answering: common questions

    What could your typical calls look like?

    Explore fictional industry examples showing approved-information answers, messages and requests for your team to review.

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    Stop losing leads after 5pm

    Add UK after hours cover to your existing number this month. Talk to our team about a 14 day pilot