Avoiding 0845 and 0870 numbers in the UK

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For a lot of the services you might need when you come back to the UK, various companies have 0845 and 0870 numbers which charge by the minute and cost an arm and a leg to call. Whereas, if you have a landline telephone service like, say, the one offered by Virgin Media, you can talk to a geographic number for an hour before you get charged by the minute. Likewise if you are calling from a mobile, which costs even more than from a landline to call 0845/0870 numbers.

 

There is a great website here, called saynoto0870.com. You type in the 0845/0870 number and it gives you back one or more geographical numbers you can call instead.

 

For example: HSBC telephone banking 01226 261 010 (instead of 0845 740 4404) 0845 740 4404

HMRC tax credits helpine 01355 359007 (instead of 0845 3003900)