AI WorkForce · The Receptionist

Never miss a call.
Never lose a lead.

Your AI Receptionist answers every call in your business's name, 24/7 — books appointments straight into your diary, qualifies leads, and texts the details to you before the caller's even hung up. No voicemail. No missed revenue. No extra headcount.

Live in 48 hours · UK GDPR compliant · No lock-in contracts

Live call · 0:08 Incoming · 07700 …
AI ReceptionistGood afternoon, thanks for calling — how can I help you today?
CallerHi, do you have anyone free Thursday morning?
AI ReceptionistWe do — I've got 9:30 or 11:00. Which suits you best?
Caller9:30 is perfect.
✓ Booked into diary · details sent to your phone
The hidden leak

Every unanswered call is money walking out the door

Most local service businesses lose more revenue to missed calls than to anything else — and never see it on a spreadsheet. The phone rings while you're on a job, after hours, or mid-rush. The caller doesn't leave a voicemail. They just ring your competitor instead.

~30%
of calls to small businesses go unanswered during busy or out-of-hours periods.
£4,000
in lost enquiries a single trade can leak per month from missed calls alone.
£28k+
the yearly cost of a full-time receptionist — your AI does the front-desk job for a fraction.
What it does

A full-time front desk that never sleeps, never calls in sick

Not a voicemail. Not a chatbot. A natural-sounding voice agent trained on your business that handles the calls a receptionist would — and plugs straight into the tools you already use.

📞

Answers 24/7

Picks up on the first ring, day or night, weekends and holidays — in your business's name, with a voice most callers can't tell from a human.

📅

Books appointments

Checks live availability and books straight into your calendar or diary while the caller is still on the line. No callbacks, no double-bookings.

🎯

Qualifies leads

Asks the right questions, captures the job details, and scores the enquiry so your hottest leads get flagged to you instantly.

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Answers FAQs

Opening hours, pricing, location, services, parking — handles the routine questions that eat your day, accurately and on-brand.

Routes the urgent ones

Recognises emergencies and high-value callers and transfers them to a real person, or takes a priority message and alerts you in seconds.

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Syncs to your CRM

Every call logged, every detail captured into HubSpot or your CRM — with a written summary and follow-up SMS sent automatically.

How it works

Live in 48 hours — without changing your phone number

We do the heavy lifting. You keep your existing number and carry on as normal; calls you'd have missed now get answered.

1

Discovery call

A 15-minute chat about your calls, your busiest gaps, and what a great answer sounds like for your business.

2

We build & train

We write the scripts, set the voice, and connect your calendar and CRM — all done for you, tailored to how you actually work.

3

Test & go live

We test every flow, then point your overflow or after-hours calls to your AI Receptionist. You keep your number.

4

We keep it sharp

Monthly tuning, new FAQs, seasonal changes — we keep it learning and converting so it pays for itself many times over.

Pricing

Costs less than the leads you're already losing

One-off setup, then a simple monthly fee that's a fraction of a human receptionist — and far less than the revenue a missed call walks away with.

Call Answer

Solo traders & small teams who just need calls answered and leads captured.

£1,495 setup
then £197 / month
  • 24/7 call answering in your name
  • Caller name & enquiry captured
  • Instant SMS + email to you
  • After-hours & overflow cover
  • Monthly performance summary
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Most popular

AI Receptionist

Clinics, salons, trades & studios that live and die by booked appointments.

£2,495 setup
then £297 / month
  • Everything in Call Answer
  • Live appointment booking into your diary
  • FAQ handling & lead qualification
  • HubSpot / CRM sync + call summaries
  • Monthly optimisation & tuning
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AI Front Desk

Multi-line & multi-location businesses needing routing and deeper integration.

£3,995 setup
then £447 / month
  • Everything in AI Receptionist
  • Multi-line / multi-location handling
  • Smart call routing & live transfer
  • Custom integrations & workflows
  • Priority support & quarterly review
Talk it through

Prices exclude VAT. No long-term lock-in — stay because it works, not because you're tied in.

Why Digital Eight

Built and run by someone who picks up the phone

Founder-led

You work directly with Anil — not a call centre. Same-day replies, real accountability.

48-hour deploy

Most agents are live within two working days of your discovery call.

UK GDPR-ready

Caller-recording notices, lawful basis and data handling built in from day one.

No lock-in

Month-to-month after setup. We earn the retainer every month.

Questions

The things businesses ask us

Will callers know it's an AI?

The voice quality in 2026 is good enough that most callers can't tell on a routine inbound call. We can have the agent be transparent that it's a virtual assistant if you prefer — many businesses find callers don't mind at all once their query is handled quickly and politely.

Do I have to change my phone number?

No. You keep your existing number. We route your after-hours, overflow, or all calls to the AI Receptionist depending on what you want — nothing changes for your customers.

What happens with a call it can't handle?

The agent recognises when a call needs a human — an emergency, a complex job, a VIP — and either transfers live to you or your team, or takes a priority message and alerts you instantly by SMS and email.

Is it GDPR compliant?

Yes. We set up caller notification for any call recording, define a lawful basis for processing the data, and handle storage in line with UK GDPR. We'll walk you through exactly what's captured and where it's stored.

How quickly can it go live?

Most setups are live within 48 hours of the discovery call. More complex multi-location or custom-integration builds take a little longer, but we'll give you a firm date up front.

What if it doesn't work for my business?

There's no long-term contract. After setup you're month-to-month, so if it isn't earning its keep you can stop. In practice, once a business sees the leads it catches, they don't.

How many leads did you miss this week?

Let's find out. Book a free 15-minute call and we'll work out — with your real numbers — what missed calls are costing you, and what your AI Receptionist would catch.

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