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Take the stress out of financial year end (Publication: Sunday Times, It's My Business 15 Feb 2009)

February 2009

Yes, it’s year end time again and you’re panicking because there’s so much to do between now and February 28. So, let’s make it easier for you... | more

 
Softline Pastel rounds out offering for start-up SMEs

February 2009

By adding functionality to its My Business product without compromising its quintessential simplicity, Softline Pastel has rounded out its offering for very small and start-up companies – now enabling the production of a full set of formal accounts... | more

 
Swak Finansiele bestuur kan jou onderneming baie gou kelder (Publikasie: Sake 24, Beeld,  24 January 2009)

sake 24 (beeld), January 2009

In Suid-Afrika misluk sowat 80% van alle KMO’s in hul eerste jaar. Wat kan jy doen om te sorg dat jy nie een van die statistieke word nie?... | more

 
USN uses Pastel Evolution to ease international expansion

January 2009

Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN), South African developer of nutritional supplements designed to foster health and fitness among international athletes and corporate achievers, has implemented Evolution, the enterprise resource planning-based accounting solution from Softline Pastel, to facilitate its international expansion... | more

 
Glasfit Franchise Uses Pastel to manage 55 Sets of accounts

January 2009

Glasfit, South Africa’s fastest growing motor and flat glass fitment franchise and joint venture network, uses a combination of Pastel Partner and Pastel Evolution to administer 77 fitment centres as well as a distribution centre... | more

 
2008 Pastel Channel Awards

December 2008

At its annual channel partner award evening held at Summer Place, Sandton, on Thursday 26th November 2008, Softline Pastel announced the winners... | more

 
Profit Made Easy (Publication: Sunday Times, It's My Business 09 Nov 2008)

November 2008

My Business is designed as an easy-to-use computer program aimed at business owners who don’t know accounting, writes Barrie Terblanche... | more

 
2008 Burial Society of the year uses Pastel Accounting and SMS Solution to modernise service to
25 000 members

November 2008

My Business is designed as an easy-to-use computer program aimed at business owners who don’t know accounting, writes Barrie Terblanche... | more

 
Pastel Accounting 2009 makes businesses more secure, flexible, efficient

September 2008

In response to customer and channel partner feedback, the 2009 upgrade of Pastel Accounting provides enhanced security, flexibility, efficiency, and control... | more

 
You really can have an ERP system up and running in a month

August 2008

It’s remarkable how often, when two differently resourced organisations tackle the same problem, the one with fewer resources will deliver a product that is as effective as the other, but is easier to use and also less costly... | more

 
Softline Pastel launches industry-first remote support

August 2008

Softline Pastel, South Africa’s leading provider of SME accounting and business solutions, is launching GoToAssist, an application that allows support staff to remotely take control of customers’ computers, to resolve any complicated support queries they may have while using the accounting software...| more

 
702 Small Business Awards with Softline Pastel

August 2008

An exciting new awards initiative from Talk Radio 702 and Softline Pastel, will honour successful small businesses and highlight the vital work being done in the SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) sector..| more

 
Pastel chooses optimism for South Africa

July 2008

Softline Pastel, developer of South Africa’s most popular SME accounting and business software, is sponsoring two public presentations by political trend analyst, JP Landman, that will demonstrate why South Africans can be positive about the future of the country....| more

 
Pastel Business Intelligence Centre makes management accounts easier for Dust-A-Side

June 2008

Dust-A-Side, a South African company providing dust control systems to all major mining groups in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, has used the Business Intelligence Centre (BIC) from Softline Pastel to improve the production of management reports at mine, regional, and holding company level...| more

 
Pastel Accounting contact centre shines among other SA winners at International Awards

June 2008

Softline Pastel’s 145-agent contact centre, provider of support services to its accounting software customers, won multiple awards at the 3rd annual ContactCentreWorld.com benchmarking competition...| more

 
SMEs should avoid being intimidated by IT vendors

June 2008

Small and medium-sized businesses should not allow themselves to be intimidated by information technology (IT) vendors into thinking that if they don’t have what the vendors are offering they will be less productive or profitable...| more

 
Softline Pastel launches recruitment division

April 2008

Softline Pastel - leading South African supplier of accounting and business solutions to the small and medium enterprise (SME) market - has launched a recruitment division responsible for finding, training, and supplying Pastel skills for its own requirements as well as those of its business partners and customers...| more

 
Pastel nominated for EMEA Contact Centre World awards for second year

March 2008

Softline Pastel, developer of South Africa’s leading accounting and business software, is a nominee for the second year in a row in the annual international Contact Centre World Awards run by ContactCentre World.com – the global conference, research, and online magazine provider for the contact centre industry...| more

 
Pastel revolutionises accounting software with My Business

March 2008

Softline Pastel, developers of South Africa’s leading accounting and business software (with 180 000 customers), has broken entirely new ground with its latest product, My Business – which strips out accounting terminology and thereby enables business people with no knowledge of accounting to use it...| more

 
Take the stress out of financial year end

February 2008

Yes, it’s year end time again and you’re panicking because there’s so much to do between now and 29th February in addition to your already demanding normal daily activities.
So, let’s make it easier for you...| more

 
Engel SA uses ACT! by Pastel to improve communication with customers

January 2008

Engel SA - South African subsidiary of Engel Austria, the global supplier of injection moulding machinery used to make plastic products ranging from cooldrink bottles to cell phone casings - uses ACT!, the customer relationship management (CRM) application from Softline Pastel, to maintain optimum levels of sales-orientated contact with its more than 2 000 customers...| more

 
Pastel introduces affordable billing and reporting solution for municipalities

January 2008

Softline Pastel, a leading South African supplier of accounting and business solutions to the small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) market, in partnership with Eastern Cape Municipal Support Services (ECMSS), has introduced a billing software system designed specifically for use by low, medium and, to a certain extent, high capacity municipalities...| more

 

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