The company that has described itself as North America's largest bookkeeping service for small businesses says on its website in a "notice of closure" dated Friday that the platform is "no longer accessible.

Vancouver-based bookkeeping service Bench Accounting has announced its sudden closure, potentially putting hundreds of staff out of work.

Bench Accounting, a Vancouver B.C.-based company that provides online bookkeeping services for thousands of small businesses, abruptly shut down on Friday.