We now have a couple of companion websites. One of these gives advice on bookkeeping systems, and the other lists upcoming deadlines.

The bookkeeping systems website aims to list every type of system that may be adopted. Since one or two of those systems were invented by us, it is expected to be a worthwhile method of promoting what we do. We are hoping that many businesses will see the benefits of minimalist bookkeeping, for which we offer optical character recognition-based processing of the bank statements, or of parallel working where our paper system and spreadsheet system are used together.

The deadlines website has a guide to debt collection, since one common reason for being unable to meet a tax payment deadline is that the business is owed money by its customers, and they are taking their time to pay.

David Porthouse & Co is a firm of accountants based in Carlisle in North West England. We have a keen interest in new technology with the aim of speeding up accounts production and making accountancy more affordable for our clients. We are pioneers in the introduction of automated processing and optical character recognition.