Virtual Landline UK
A virtual landline that rings your mobile
Give your business a proper UK landline number without a landline. Calls ring your mobile and your team, so you can answer from the van, the site or the office — and keep your personal number private.
What is a virtual landline?
A virtual landline is a UK phone number that isn't tied to a physical line or a fixed address. Instead of plugging into a socket, the number lives in the cloud and forwards calls to whichever devices you choose — usually a mobile, an app, or a desk phone.
For tradespeople and small businesses that means a professional local number customers can call, while every call still lands on the phone in your pocket. There's no engineer visit, no new wiring and no long contract: the number is set up in days and works on the mobile you already carry.
Choosing a provider
What to look for in virtual landline providers
Most UK virtual landline providers look identical on the pricing page. The differences show up in the small print.
Check three things before you buy a virtual landline. First, whether UK landline and mobile calls are included or billed per minute — per-minute pricing is where a cheap headline rate stops being cheap. Second, whether you can port your existing number in and take it with you if you leave. Third, whether there is a real contract term: ours is rolling monthly.
You should also look at who answers when something breaks. We are a Leeds team on 0113 522 0000, not a ticket queue, and we set your number up with you rather than emailing a login.
Compare virtual landline providers side by side for prices, call charges and contract terms.
Why Businesses Choose It
Everything a landline does, without the line
Rings your mobile
Answer your business number wherever you are — van, site or office.
Keep your mobile private
Customers see and call your business number, never your personal one.
Any UK area code
Pick an 0113, 0161, 020 or 0800 number — no physical line needed.
Voicemail to email
Missed messages land in your inbox as audio and text.
Out-of-hours routing
Send evening and weekend calls to the person on call, or to voicemail.
Call forwarding
Ring the whole team at once so leads never go unanswered.
How It Works
Live on your mobile in three steps
Choose your number
Pick a new local, national or freephone number — or port the one you already advertise.
Tell us where calls go
Your mobile, the team's mobiles, the office, or a different phone out of hours.
Start taking calls
Answer on the app or your normal handset. Voicemails arrive by email.
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Read before you buy
How to choose a virtual landline
Seven things to check before you pick a provider.
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Stop missing jobs while you're on the tools.
Read: Virtual landline for tradesCosts and contract length
What you really pay, and the terms to check.
Read: Costs and contract lengthFAQ
Virtual landline questions
The number is hosted in the cloud rather than on a physical line. When someone dials it, our system forwards the call to the devices you've chosen — your mobile, an app, a desk phone, or several at once. Nothing is installed at your premises.
Further reading: phone systems for tradespeople, the PSTN switch off timeline, and virtual landlines for trades.
Get your virtual landline number
Set up in days, works on the phone you already have.