Sage Pastel is South Africa’s leading developer of accounting, payroll, ERP and business software for the small, medium and large enterprise market. Founded in 1989, Sage Pastel has developed an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the industry over the past 23 years, establishing itself as the market leader and the preferred choice of South African businesses.
Sage Pastel is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with branches in both Cape Town and Durban. In addition, Sage Pastel has over 3 500 Channel and Business Partners within South Africa and is used by businesses around the world. Sage Pastel’s reputation as the trusted name in accounting and payroll software is reaffirmed by the fact that accountants recommend Sage Pastel.
Due to growing demand, Sage Pastel’s international division was formed in the mid 1990s, in order to provide the international market, with a world-class and successful accounting product and service. Today, Sage Pastel Products are actively sold in over 52 countries located throughout Africa, Europe, the UK, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. With Sage Pastel available in eight languages including English, Afrikaans, Dutch, Danish, German, Icelandic, Italian and Portuguese, businesses across the globe utilise Sage Pastel as a critical component in the running of their businesses on a daily basis.
Sage Pastel’s philosophy has been to allow ‘business to drive technology’ by remaining cognisant of customers’ growing needs and requirements. Significant investment in research and development ensures that we are able to guide our customers through a constantly changing technology landscape. Keeping this in mind, our research and development team works closely with the Sage Pastel support team, who pass on valuable feedback received from customers. This assists the research and development team in focusing on developing user-friendly, feature-rich, pragmatic software to meet the needs of our customers. A Sage Pastel customer will always feel secure that their investment is backed by an extensive research and development programme.
The Sage Pastel product range has been developed to provide various solutions for start-up, small, medium and larger sized companies. This scalable range includes Sage Pastel My Invoicing, Sage Pastel My Business, Sage Pastel My Business Online, Sage Pastel Xpress Start-Up, Sage Pastel Xpress, Sage Pastel Partner,and Sage Evolution. Regardless of the product choice, Sage Pastel ensures that every business is kept up to date with South Africa ’s accounting standards, as well as economic and legislative changes.
Sage Pastel Cover is an optional support and maintenance programme for Sage Pastel Accounting software, which ensures that customers have all the support and back-up when they need it. This valuable coverage offers Cover customers the added benefits of receiving updates and upgrades at no additional cost, first-line telephonic and e-mail support, quarterly newsletters, Intelligence magazines, discounts and much more. Sage Pastel understands the critical role that accounting software plays in the running of a business, and therefore offers Sage Pastel Cover to provide customers with peace of mind, ensuring that they always have the service, support and expertise that they need.
Gain the maximum benefit from Sage Pastel’s software by taking advantage of the numerous courses provided at various Sage Pastel Authorised Training Centres (ATCs). Sage Pastel’s ATCs provide customers with basic and advanced end-user training, ensuring businesses get the best returns from their Sage Pastel software. Courses are available for Sage Pastel My Business, Sage Pastel Xpress Start-Up, Sage Pastel Xpress, Sage Pastel Partner and Sage Evolution.
It has always been part of Sage Pastel’s strategy to partner with the accounting fraternity and to ensure that we have a program that caters for the needs of accountants. Our products are designed by accountants for accountants. Membership to the Sage Pastel Accountants Forum is exclusively for registered accounting professionals. The Forum is designed to provide you, the accounting professional, with the essential means for providing a total service to your clients. E-mail us to find out more about the Sage Pastel Accountants Forum on channel@pastel.co.za or call to +27 11 304 3550.
At Sage Pastel People Placements, we have a unique and thorough understanding of your business vacancy requirements. As employees are most businesses’ biggest asset, we aim to provide customers, Value Added Resellers, Accountants Forum members and the general business community with the highest calibre of candidates. We cater for the following job categories: Management, Financial, Bookkeeping, IT, HR, Payroll and Admin, to name but a few. Sage Pastel People Placements screens CV’s and tests product knowledge of all potential candidates to ensure that they’re the right fit for your business and have the required skills for the job. Whether you are looking for a job or the ideal candidate, we have the solution for you.
Sage Pastel Payroll & HR is South Africa’s leading developer of Payroll and HR software for SMEs. Sage Pastel Payroll offers a range of innovative and easy-to-use software solutions suitable for all sizes and types of businesses. Designed for a broad range of industries, the Sage Pastel Payroll range, namely Sage Pastel My Paycheck Online, Sage Pastel MicrOpay, Sage Pastel Partner Payroll and Sage Pastel Evolution Payroll & HR provides businesses with Sage Pastel Payroll & HR software that does it all for your business. Let our automated software make PAYE, SDL, UIF and other statutory returns less taxing.
Sage Pastel’s brand promise beyond accounting is in line with the business philosophy of providing more than ‘just a box of software’. Whether a business is just starting out, or an existing business is growing, Sage Pastel aims to support the growth of a company and develop an ongoing partnership with customers for the long-term.
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