Brightbook has the potential to be used as a teaching tool for those who need hands-on book-keeping experience and/or for Informal Adult Learning for "Community Group/self-employed Book Keeping" courses.

The aims of Brightbook are to provide an easy way for small business owners to keep their monthly accounts in shape. The whole premise is providing users with an application that is free from specialised accountancy jargon, and its list of features is aimed directly at such individuals.

The basic operations are all covered...

  • creating invoices;
  • printing & emailing customer statements;
  • registering customer payments; and
  • managing company expenses on the whole.

A nice touch is that this solution is also accessible on a users smartphone. The mobile version sticks to the same philosophy - nothing unnecessarily fancy or over-complicated.

The one thing that will surprise many is that this service is provided at no cost, and it is meant to remain like that.

Signing up takes just a couple of minutes, so that if you like the whole approach and philosophy you will be able to test it out in person easily.

The one drawback is the lego-like images used on the home and other pages.

Find out more, including terms and privacy, at http://www.brightbook.co.uk/.

Brightbook is for bookkeeping. It's not a full accounting package. It won't do a tax return for users, but it will get everything together that they or their accountant need to do it.

Brightbook is for ordinary people to do their regular accounting. For people that basically just need to create invoices and get paid.