I'm having great difficulty finding an geographical alternative number for 08705 449900.

This is the published number for Lloyds TSB Offshore Phone Banking.

Alternative numbers previously listed (01624 680707/8/9) have now been replaced with a recorded message instructing callers to use the 0870 number only. Up until a few weeks back I could always use one of these three numbers...but no longer.

I think the Offshore Phone Banking is based in the Peverill Buildings in Douglas, Isle Of Man. The postcode is IM99 1AS, which again is a non-geographical postcode.

I've searched Google and found numbers 01624 680719 - which also has a recorded message as 680707-9 above do -  and 01624 689300, but this number is for the IOM Finanacial Services Commission and not Lloyds TSB at all!

I've tried finding numbers for individual Lloyds TSB branches on the Isle Of Man, but they're all listed as 08457 301280, which again I cannot find a geographical alternative for.

Have I missed anything?

Well, it would appear that the Lloyds TSB Offshore numbers are somewhere in the range of 01624 6807xx. Have you tried any other combinations of numbers in that range?

I have - yes - many of them!

All combinations I've tried get me through to a recorded message tellling me to use the 0870 number.