A proper business phone number, call summaries and quotes for UK tradespeople.
Electricians, plumbers, heating engineers, builders, roofers, landscapers and locksmiths all share the same problem: the phone rings while you are up a ladder, on a roof or under a boiler. Atom IP give tradespeople a separate business number that rings the mobile they already carry, captures what was actually said on the call, and — through QuoteMate — turns that conversation into a quote email or PDF while the customer still remembers ringing. No deskphone, no office, no contract you cannot leave.
The problems this sector actually has.
Not a generic technology pitch — the specific patterns we see in Trades every week.
Missed calls are missed jobs
A homeowner with a leak rings three numbers off Google. Whoever answers, or calls back first with a sensible price, gets the job. Voicemail does not win work.
Personal and business calls on one mobile
Customers ringing at 9pm on a Sunday. Suppliers, family and cold callers all mixed together. No way to tell who is who before you answer, and no way to switch off.
Details forgotten between call and quote
You agreed a rough price on the phone, the customer mentioned the boiler make, the access issue and the deadline — and by the time you sit down to quote on Thursday evening, half of it has gone.
Quotes take too long to send
The job is won or lost in the gap between the call and the written quote. If that gap is three days, the customer has already booked someone else.
Looking like a one-man band
A mobile number on a van and no proper voicemail greeting signals "small". A business number with a professional greeting, hold message and out-of-hours option signals "established".
Phones, broadband and CCTV — designed as one system.
Most providers deliver these separately. In Trades, that's where the problems start. Under one team, everything is designed to work with everything else.
A separate business number that turns calls into quotes.
Explore quotemate business number- Local or 03 business number that rings your existing mobile — no new handset.
- Business calls clearly labelled so you know it is work before you answer.
- Automatic call summary — job type, address, access notes, price discussed.
- Quote email or PDF drafted from the call, ready to check and send.
- Return calls showing your business number, not your personal mobile.
- Professional greeting, out-of-hours message and voicemail-to-text.
- Keep your number if you grow into a team or an office.
- Add a second engineer, an office manager or an apprentice in minutes.
- Ring groups — office first, then mobiles, then voicemail.
- Shared business SMS for appointment confirmations.
- Call recording for disputed quotes and instructions.
- Integration with job-management software such as Tradify, ServiceM8, Joblogic, simPRO and Commusoft.
- Business FTTP with a static IP for CCTV and remote access.
- 4G/5G routers for site cabins, units and yards without fibre.
- Business-grade Wi-Fi for workshops and stores.
- Yard and workshop CCTV with mobile viewing.
How it plays out.
Anonymised, illustrative of the kind of Trades business we work with every month.
Typical deployment: two-van heating and plumbing business
Owner and one employed engineer, both working from vans. All enquiries land on the owner's personal mobile. Quotes written up on the laptop at the weekend from memory and scraps of paper. Regular complaints from the owner's family about work calls at all hours. Jobs lost to faster-quoting competitors.
A single business number rings both mobiles in sequence, with a professional greeting and an out-of-hours message that promises a next-morning callback. Every enquiry is summarised automatically — property, fault described, urgency, budget mentioned. QuoteMate prepares a draft quote from the call for the owner to check and send the same evening. Business calls now clearly separated from personal ones, and the quote turnaround drops from days to hours.
The differences you'll feel in trades.
Same technology on paper. Very different experience in practice.
The tools your team already uses.
Click-to-dial, screen-pop, call outcomes and AI call summaries flow into the systems you already run.
Common questions from trades.
Do I need a new phone or a deskphone?
No. QuoteMate and our business phone plans work on the iPhone or Android you already carry. A business number rings through an app, and you can add a deskphone later if you ever open an office.
Can I keep my existing mobile number?
Yes. Your personal mobile stays exactly as it is. We add a separate business number on top, so customers ring the business line and you always know which is which.
How does QuoteMate produce a quote from a call?
The call is transcribed and summarised — job type, address, access notes and any prices discussed. QuoteMate then drafts a quote email or PDF using your pricing and wording. You check it, adjust anything you like and send it.
Is there a long contract?
No. QuoteMate is a monthly plan for sole traders and small businesses. Business phone system contracts for larger teams are agreed separately and explained clearly before you sign anything.
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Tell us about your trades.
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