AI receptionist · For trades & local businesses

A missed call is a lost customer.

Up a ladder, under a sink, or with a client — HeadsUp answers your business's phone 24 hours a day. It greets every caller in a natural British voice, answers questions about your services, prices and hours, takes the job details, flags emergencies, and passes everything straight to you. We set the whole thing up for you, and you're live in days, not months.

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Incoming call — Marlowe Hair Studio 00:00
Example conversations — plumber, salon, dental practice, law firm. Simulated for illustration; the real thing sounds just as natural.
Hear it

Listen to Verity take a call.

A customer rings a plumber with no heating. Verity takes the details, spots it's urgent and gets it straight to the owner — in under a minute.

Read the transcript
Verity: Hiya, you're through to Northside Plumbing and Heating, this is Verity. How can I help?
Caller: Oh hiya, yeah, my boiler's packed in this morning. No heating, no hot water, and I've got a little one at home.
Verity: Oh no, that's not what you need. Don't worry, we'll get that sorted. Can I take your name?
Caller: It's Tom. Tom Hughes.
Verity: Thanks Tom. And the best number to get you on?
Caller: 07700 900163.
Verity: Lovely. And the postcode for the property?
Caller: M14 5RT.
Verity: Perfect. So that's Tom, on 07700 900163, at M14 5RT. With a little one in the house, I'm marking this as urgent, so I'm passing it straight to Dave now, and he'll ring you back within fifteen minutes.
Caller: Brilliant, that's a weight off. Thanks, Verity.
Verity: No worries at all, Tom. Speak soon, take care.
Example call for a demo business (Northside Plumbing & Heating). Names and numbers are fictional.
What callers get

It doesn't just answer. It handles.

Every caller gets a real conversation — not a menu, not hold music, not "press 1".

"How much is a cut and blow-dry?"
"A cut and blow-dry is £45. Would you like me to book you in?"
Prices from your own list — never guessed
"Do you have a table for four tonight?"
"We do — I can seat you at 7:30 or 8:15. Which would you like?"
Bookings taken on the spot, any hour
"My boiler's leaking — can someone come out?"
"I'll take your address and details now, and have the team call you straight back."
Anything it can't do becomes a message
How it works

Done for you. Live in days, not months.

We set everything up with you — you don't touch any technology.

We learn your business

Your services, prices, hours and FAQs go in once. HeadsUp answers only from that — it never invents an answer or a price.

Your calls come to HeadsUp

Keep your number and forward it, or take a new dedicated line. Answered around the clock — evenings, weekends, and the mid-rush calls you can't get to.

Bookings and messages land with you

Appointments go into your calendar and messages reach you the moment the caller hangs up — with name, number and reason for calling.

Industries

If your phone rings, HeadsUp answers.

It learns your business — whatever your business is. A few of the front desks it can run:

Plumbers, electricians & trades

My boiler's leaking — can someone come out today?

Salons & barbers

Any chance of a trim on Saturday morning?

Dental & health practices

Are you taking new patients?

Law firms

I need to speak to someone about my case.

Restaurants

Table for four at eight — is that possible?

Gyms & studios

Can I book a trial class this week?

Don't see yours? If customers call you, HeadsUp can answer for you.

Your front desk

Nothing slips past it.

  • Every lead captured. After hours, on weekends, or while you're mid-appointment — every caller is greeted, helped, and logged. No voicemail graveyard.
  • Bookings land in your book. Appointments arrive with name, number and reason — not scribbled on a sticky note.
  • Messages reach the right person. When a call needs you, HeadsUp takes the details and passes them straight on.
  • You see every call. A full log of bookings, questions and messages — exactly what happened while you were busy running the business.
Tomorrow — MayaSenior stylist
16:00Jess T.balayage
17:30Dana Reyesbooked by HeadsUp
18:15Robyn K.cut & blow-dry
19:00Amelia F.colour consult
Trust

What it will never do.

A receptionist you can trust has to know its limits. These are built in, not optional — and you see every call it takes.

Professional advice stays with the professionals

Legal, medical, financial — if a question needs an expert, HeadsUp doesn't play one. It books the caller time with you instead.

A human is always in reach

Some calls need a person. HeadsUp takes the name, number and reason, and hands off to you — callers never hit a dead end.

Honest when it's unsure

If it doesn't know, it says so and takes a message for you — it never bluffs a price or a promise.

Pricing

Set together with our first customers.

We're finalising pricing with our founding businesses — simple, predictable, and no per-minute surprises.

Founding businesses

Founding partner spots open

We're onboarding our first businesses now. Founding partners get everything set up for them, priority support, a direct line to the founders — and a rate that stays locked as we grow.

  • Calls answered around the clock — nights, weekends, rush hours
  • Done-for-you setup: services, prices and hours loaded for you
  • Bookings and messages delivered where you work
  • Full call log of every conversation
  • A say in what we build next
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