Reception phones never stop
Hastings has a higher share of health and social care businesses than the UK as a whole (8.2% against 5.6%), and patients and families look for answers in the evening, when reception is closed.
An AI agent trained on your business answers Hastings customers on your website and WhatsApp in seconds, in the language they write in, and hands anything sensitive to your team.
Example Home Store
Website chat
Customer wrote in English, so ChatFlow answered in English.
Home to 90,855 people at the mid-2025 estimate, down 0.1% since 2021, Hastings is a council area in South East, England. Its 3,490 business units are led by retail, wholesale and motor trade (17.2%), construction (14.8%) and professional, scientific and technical services (11.9%). 5.2% of residents have a main language other than English, most often Romanian, Polish and Russian.
Drawn from the latest ONS and Census figures for Hastings, with what ChatFlow does about each.
Hastings has a higher share of health and social care businesses than the UK as a whole (8.2% against 5.6%), and patients and families look for answers in the evening, when reception is closed.
Hastings has a higher share of hospitality: accommodation and food businesses than the UK as a whole (10.2% against 7%), and hospitality businesses get many of their questions about menus, opening hours and group bookings after the office would normally close.
Hastings has 3,490 business units (ONS, 2026), most of them small. An AI agent answers first so the team can reply to the conversations that need a person.
600 of Hastings's business units are in retail, wholesale and motor trade, 17.2% of all local businesses. Answer stock, delivery and returns questions instantly and catch shoppers who would otherwise leave for a competitor.
No developers, no contracts, no call center to hire.
Add your website address and upload any menus, price lists or policies. ChatFlow learns from them in minutes.
Ask it the questions your customers ask. Adjust anything in plain English until every answer sounds like you.
Paste one line of code on your site and connect WhatsApp. Your team takes over any conversation whenever they want.
An AI agent trained on your website, documents and FAQs answers customer questions instantly and hands anything sensitive to your team with the full conversation attached.
Included in GrowthOne line of code adds a chat widget to WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow or any custom site. The AI answers first and your staff can take over the same chat live.
Included in GrowthSync connects to your Outlook or Gmail inbox, drafts replies from your knowledge base, auto-sends the confident ones and queues the rest for your review.
Enabled per account on requestConnect your WhatsApp Business number and the same AI agent answers there, with Facebook Messenger and Instagram available on Growth.
Included in Growth17.2% of local businesses
Answer stock, delivery and returns questions instantly and catch shoppers who would otherwise leave for a competitor.
14.8% of local businesses
Take job details and photos in the evening, when homeowners get in touch, and hand complete enquiries to your team.
11.9% of local businesses
Explain fees, timelines and what you need from new clients, so your team only speaks to serious prospects.
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Local figures: ONS mid-year population estimates, mid-2025; ONS UK Business Counts 2026, local units; Census 2021 (England and Wales), main language, ONS. Conversations shown are illustrative examples.