So the overall consensus seems to be:
- OcUK need to pester management more and get a non-08 number setup. My personal recommendation would be the new 03 numbers which are picking up very well and I have seen lots of good feedback. We have started using them at our workplace and we take around 1.5k calls a day on average (we are a call centre) and lots of our customers comment on how they like the new 0333 number we have rather than the old 0844 (let alone an 0871!)..
- In addition to the above - if you do get a non-08 number then the personal/consumers lines need to change as well! B2B should not have preferential treatment. It would just **** off the casual customers like myself.
- Your 30 day credit accounts should expand a little further, maybe allow larger companies or companies with references etc from other suppliers. A lot of companies (including my work) always work of credit accounts - although they generally pay within <3-10 days.
- A separate 'supplier' login on the website that displays the products and business as previously mentioned would be brilliant as well. If you did this I would definitely put in the good word for you guys with my work's IT dept as they easily spend £10K+ a month on IT equipment, servers, new rigs, hard drives, etc for our 4 offices in the UK.