there are often alternative numbers listed by companies as being for use from overseas. Our bank for instance gives such numbers as well as the 0845 one we avoid. It is merely a question of omitting the "44" and adding a zero in front of the number given. There are also websites. The details below may still be valid:-
CAMPAIGN AGAINST 084 TELEPHONE NUMBERSA recent National Audit Office report on the use of premium rate numbers forGovernment services cost callers £56 million between 2012 and 2013, ofwhich £26 million was charged to callers waiting for someone to answertheir call !!!!The charges are almost double the cost of a regular call and are even higherif using a mobile - calls to the Child and Family Advisory Support Serviceare costing 17.1p a minute. The "profits" are shared between governmentdepartments and the telecoms companies. One of the worst offenders is theDepartment for Business (yes, it is Vince Cable again !).Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, wants all calls to 0800 numbers to be freeeven from mobiles. Of course, this should also apply to Banks and otherbusiness phone lines.A formal protest to Ofcom and your MP just might help to force the change.