AI receptionist and personal assistant

The phone rings. Somebody always answers it.

Aria answers your business line, every call, at any hour. Arlo answers your own mobile when you can't. They take a proper message, turn away the junk, book the appointment and tell you what needs you.

Ask her anything, or try to sell her something. She answers the text too.

24/7every call answered, evenings and weekends included
All at onceten callers at the same time all get answered
£1.02an hour for Aria, round the clock, on the 12-month plan
5channels: phone, texts, email, Teams and LinkedIn

The calls a small business loses

Not the ones you answer. The ones that come while you are serving, driving, on a job or asleep.

Nobody freethe lunchtime rush, a chair full, a customer already at the counter
After hoursthe enquiry at 9pm that rings the next place on the list in the morning
Voicemailmost people will not leave one, they just hang up and try somebody else

More than a message taker

Each one runs on a record of everyone who has been in touch, on any channel, so a customer who says "I rang last week" gets a real answer.

Aria, on your business line
  • Answers every call in a natural British voice, as many at once as ring
  • Answers the questions you are asked all day, from your own words
  • Takes a full message and texts it to you, with a link to the transcript
  • Books an appointment into a free slot while the caller is on the line
  • Turns away sales pitches, scams and robocalls politely
  • Recognises returning callers and knows what they last said
Arlo, on your own mobile
  • Answers the calls you can't take, and screens them the same way
  • When you ring him: "Any updates?" "What was their number?"
  • Reads you your diary and your to-do list
  • Books and cancels meetings, checking for clashes first
  • "Remind me to ring them back on Thursday"
  • Texts or emails you anything too long to say out loud
Email

Runs the company inbox, or one of her own. She reads attached PDF, Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, and each sender's signature to work out who they are. She answers most messages herself and forwards anything important straight to you.

Text messages

Customers can text her and get an answer back. You can text her too, as you would a colleague: "who called today?" or "text them that we're running an hour late".

Microsoft Teams

Chat with her as you would with a colleague. She can look anyone up, send email, book meetings and manage your list, and she remembers the conversation.

LinkedIn

Answers your company page's messages and comments as the page, then checks each reply went out under the page's name. Picks out the people engaging with your posts who look like buyers.

Your team still answers first

Your phones ring as normal. Whatever nobody picks up goes to Aria instead of voicemail. Mark your best customers once and she will never screen them.

The four things she always asks you about

  1. Moving or cancelling your bookings
  2. Giving out your mobile or email
  3. Anything with money attached
  4. Legal matters, complaints or the press

She still replies to the person first, so nobody is left waiting, then tells you what they want.

What the owner gets

Everything above is what your customers get. Ring your own assistant from your own mobile and he knows it is you, and a second set of tools opens up that exists for nobody else.

Ask him what happened
  • "Any updates?" "Who called today?" "Anything from the builders?"
  • He reads back who rang, what they wanted and what he told them
  • "What was their number?" He says it one digit at a time, so you can write it down
  • "Text me that" and it arrives while you are still on the call
  • He can look anyone up and tell you every call, text and email they have sent
Run your day without stopping
  • "What's on tomorrow?" He reads your diary, in order, with the times
  • "Put an hour in on Thursday afternoon" and it is in your calendar before you hang up
  • "Move the two o'clock" or cancel it, once you have said so
  • "Remind me to chase that quote on Monday" goes straight onto your list
  • "What's still outstanding?" and he reads the list, oldest first
  • "Email me all of that" for anything too long to hear
A real text exchange with Arlo
Hey Arlo, who called today?
Three calls. 09:16, silent hang-up. 09:21, your broadband supplier about the fault, said they would ring back within the hour. 15:42, the same supplier checking it is sorted, no callback needed unless it plays up again. Nothing else today.
Sent from a mobile, answered in seconds. He gives the numbers too if you ask.
He tells you before you have to ask

A morning brief at 7.30: what's overdue, what's due today and everything that came in overnight. A prep note before each meeting. A text the moment something genuine comes in. And if a call ever drops, you get the caller's number straight away so you can ring them back.

The same assistant answers by text and in Microsoft Teams, and remembers the conversation.

Only for you

He knows it is you because of the number you are ringing from. For anybody else on the line, your diary, your list and your messages simply do not exist as things he can reach. He will not say where you are, what is in your diary, or give out your mobile, whoever is asking and however they ask.

Taking the booking

Most calls to a small business are somebody trying to book something: a table, a room, an appointment, a visit or half an hour of your time. This is the part she is built for.

What she does today

  • Reads your Microsoft 365 diary and offers only times that are genuinely free
  • Books the one the caller picks, with a Teams link when it is a call
  • Emails them the invitation and texts them to confirm
  • Works around the hours and the gap between jobs that you set
  • Never double-books, and never moves or cancels anything without you
  • Texts your own booking link when the caller would rather choose later

Connected to your booking system

  • Tables, appointments, jobs and rooms, in the system you already use
  • She reads its availability and writes the booking back into it
  • Your system stays in charge, so your staff see bookings exactly as they do now
  • Deposits and payments go to your own payment link, never to her
  • Where a supplier does not open their system up, she texts their booking link instead
  • No system at all? She can keep the diary for you from day one
What a booking call sounds like
Hi, have you got a table for eight on Saturday evening?
Let me have a look for you. Saturday the 27th, party of eight. I can do 6.30 or 8.45. Which suits?
6.30, please. One of us is gluten free.
Booked for 6.30 under your name, and I have put the gluten free note on it so the kitchen sees it. I'll text you to confirm. Is this the best number?
She only ever offers times the diary says are free, and puts nothing on the booking she was not told.

How a connection gets built

We look at the system you use, check what it lets us do, and give you a straight answer before you spend anything. Some open up completely, some need us to be approved as a partner first, and a few stay shut, in which case she takes the booking as a message and texts the caller your own link.

Filling the gaps

A cancellation at four o'clock leaves a hole in tomorrow. She can work the waiting list by text, offer the slot to the people who wanted it, and book whoever answers first.

Fewer no-shows

A text the day before, a reply that actually gets read, and a rebooking offered on the spot when somebody cannot make it.

The same assistant, pointed at your trade

Todayworks now, on any phone line. Connectneeds a link to your booking or job system, which we check first.

Pubs, bars and taprooms

the phone rings hardest when the bar is busiest
  • Today Table and large group enquiries taken in full: date, time, headcount, occasion
  • Connect Booked straight into your table system, or your booking link texted over
  • Today Opening hours, kitchen times, parking, dogs, the match, step-free access
  • Today Private hire and function enquiries, with your event pack emailed while they are keen
  • Today Allergy questions never guessed at: she takes the details and the kitchen confirms
  • Today Trade and wholesale calls sent to the right inbox instead of a voicemail
  • Today Draymen and deliveries lost at the gate, texted to the duty manager at once
  • Today Staff ringing in sick at 6am, logged and passed to whoever is covering
  • Today Lost property and "did I leave my card behind" handled without pulling anyone off the floor
  • Today Tour, tasting and ticket questions answered, with the link texted over

Restaurants

service is the worst time to answer a phone
  • Today Every call through service answered, instead of ringing out at the pass
  • Connect Bookings, changes and cancellations in your own diary
  • Today Set menus, corkage, children, dietaries and the Christmas menu, from your own words
  • Today Large parties and set menu deposits passed to a manager, never agreed by her
  • Today Late arrivals and running-late calls texted to the floor immediately
  • Today Suppliers and reps screened, so only the ones you deal with reach you

Hotels, inns and B&Bs

nights, weekends and the front desk on its own
  • Today Availability and rate questions answered out of hours, with the booking link texted
  • Connect Rooms checked and held in your own booking system
  • Today Late arrival and key collection instructions given exactly as you wrote them
  • Today Wedding, party and meeting room enquiries captured with dates and numbers
  • Today Directions, parking, check-in times, dogs, breakfast times
  • Today Overflow when reception is busy, so the second and third caller still get answered

Breweries and drinks producers

trade, tours and the webshop, on one line
  • Today Trade enquiries from pubs and shops taken with volumes, delivery area and lead time
  • Today Existing stockists chasing an order, passed to your sales inbox with the reference
  • Today Tap room, tour and tasting questions answered, with the ticket link texted over
  • Today Webshop callers: delivery times, damaged boxes, missing cans, all logged
  • Today Festival, wedding and event bar enquiries captured while they are still deciding
  • Connect Every enquiry written into your CRM, so your reps pick it up in the morning

Builders, plumbers, electricians and roofers

you cannot answer with both hands full
  • Today Every call answered while you are on a roof, under a sink or driving
  • Today Job enquiries taken properly: address, access, what is wrong, how urgent
  • Today Photos asked for by text, so you can price it without a visit
  • Today Emergencies texted to you at once, quotes put on your list for later
  • Today Survey and quote visits booked around the jobs already in your diary
  • Connect The job written into your job management software with the notes attached
  • Today Merchants and suppliers read back correctly, order numbers and all
  • Today The quote you never chased, chased for you a week later

Dentists, clinics and vets

a full waiting room and a ringing phone
  • Today New patient enquiries answered with your own fees and availability
  • Today Anything clinical goes to your team, always. She gives no advice of her own
  • Today Urgent calls follow your written rules, word for word, including out of hours
  • Connect Appointments booked, moved and cancelled in your practice system
  • Today Cancellation gaps offered to your waiting list by text and filled the same day
  • Today Reminders and confirmations that cut the ones who do not turn up
  • Today Plan and payment questions answered from your price list, nothing invented
  • Today Patient details handled under your rules, with everything written down

Salons, barbers, gyms and garages

hands busy, phone ringing
  • Today Prices and timings from your own list: a full set, a cut and colour, an MOT, a service
  • Connect Bookings and MOT slots into the system you already use
  • Today Cancellations rebooked while the customer is still on the phone
  • Today "Is my car ready?" answered, or passed to the workshop with the registration
  • Today Quiet days filled by texting the people who asked to be told
  • Today Memberships, joining fees and cancellations passed to a person

Estate agents, lettings and professional firms

enquiries arrive when the office is shut
  • Today Viewing requests taken with the property, the applicant and their situation
  • Today Evening and weekend portal enquiries answered while they are still looking
  • Today Tenant repairs triaged by urgency, with the emergencies texted straight out
  • Today New client enquiries qualified, with fees and conflicts left to you
  • Today Documents read, filed and summarised before you open them
  • Connect Everything logged in your CRM, so nothing sits in a notebook
Also a good fit: opticians and physios, driving instructors, removals and storage, cleaning and landscaping companies, farm shops and delis, tuition and nurseries, equipment hire, wedding venues, accountants and IT support. The pattern is the same in all of them: the phone rings while the work is being done, and the enquiry is worth more than the interruption.

Works where you already work

There is no new app to learn and no new number to advertise unless you want one.

Phone

Your phone numbers

Keep your number and divert it when nobody picks up, or take a new one. Every call is answered, recorded and summarised.

Microsoft 365

Outlook, Teams and SharePoint

She answers your inbox, books into your calendar and chats with you in Teams. Every recording and transcript is filed where your team can find it.

Bookings

Your booking or job system

Tables, appointments, rooms and jobs, read and written in the system you already run on, once we have checked what it allows.

CRM

Your CRM

Enquiries and good leads land in your CRM with the notes attached, so your pipeline fills itself. GoHighLevel is built in.

Texts

Text messages

Customers text her and get an answer. You text her like a colleague, and she texts you what matters.

Your team

Your people, first

Your team answers first and she picks up what they miss. If anything stops working, you hear about it straight away.

What she will never do

She will never put a caller through, give out your mobile, tell anyone what is in your diary or say where you are. She will not agree a price or a contract, move your bookings, name your customers or claim to be human. Anything with money, anything legal and anything clinical goes to a person.

Included as standard: every call recorded, transcribed and filed. A number turned away twice goes on the nuisance list and gets one line next time. Your best customers marked once and never screened. An alert the moment any part of it stops working. An itemised phone bill every month, so you can see exactly what the line cost.

Less than a pound an hour, round the clock

AI receptionist

Aria

£497 a month, plus £3,000 to set up

Or £747 a month with nothing upfront, on a 12-month plan. Calls and texts are billed on top each month, itemised, at what they cost. Connecting your booking system is quoted once we have seen it.

AI personal assistant

Arlo

£297 a month, plus £2,000 to set up

Or £464 a month with nothing upfront, on a 12-month plan. He answers the owner's own mobile, and boss mode comes with him. Calls and texts billed on top, itemised.

Try her for yourself

The quickest way to judge her is to try her. Call, text, email or message her on LinkedIn, and she answers every one.

Would you rather talk it through with a person? Book a call with us.