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A few weeks ago we issued a newswire highlighting the VAT changes that will be coming into play shortly.

We wanted to issue a reminder about this to all Pastel software users to ensure that you are fully prepared for when the changes come into effect.

VAT Rate change

The first change to note is that the standard VAT rate is going back up to 17.5% as at 1st January 2010...

Join us on stand 9b for some free biltong and a snifter of South African wine.

We will be demonstrating the complete range of accounting, business management and CRM software designed for businesses of all sizes, from one to 1000+ employees.

Business North West is an essential business event for your business calendar so why not use it to meet up with clients, network with prospects and source products and services for all your company's requirements.

Pastel announces the release of Pastel Evolution v6, the latest edition of its medium enterprise software solution that offers integrated accounting, CRM and reporting.

This latest version of Pastel Evolution incorporates a number of new features and enhancements based on customer feedback.

With new modules for Municipalities and also for Branch Accounting, Evolution continues to offer exceptional value for money and high functionality.

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Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN), a 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 Pastel, to facilitate its international expansion.

An increasing number of expat South Africans are joining the Pastel UK reseller community because many of them already have in-depth knowledge of Pastel.

An increasing number of resellers are opting to join the Pastel Evolution stable as they see it as the SME solution of choice at a time when value for money has become a market priority.

The Architectural Association of London, a long time Pastel Partner user, had taken the decision to review their internal systems based on a a need for more sophisticated reporting and had brought their choice down to two suppliers - the incumbent Pastel and Access Dimensions.

Their decision to go with Pastel Evolution resulted in savings of £9000 in the form of price differential – the RRP of Access Dimensions is £4,000 more than Pastel Evolution – and a further £5,000 discount from Pastel as it was an upg

Christine Power, who recently set up Power Accounting in Cork, Ireland had excellent reasons for becoming a Pastel reseller.

Only recently having moved from Zimbabwe with her family to Ireland, she was fully aware of the benefits of the Pastel solutions.

A former Exchequer dealer who was effectively forced out after the takeover by Iris is among the latest wave of reseller recruits to join Pastel UK & Ireland.

Alan Scholes of Combined Technology in Stockport had been successfully selling and supporting Exchequer solutions for five years before effectively being “forced into a corner” as Iris moved to get rid of the smaller Exchequer dealers.

Faced with the options of either doubling his turnover or selling out to Iris, he chose the latter option.

With more than 25 years behind him in the sector, Alan Scholes looked round the market b

The Pastel software range - which is currently the subject of a reseller recruitment campaign - has been singled out for early praise in the countdown to the AccountingWEB Software Satisfaction Awards 2009.

With Pastel being one of the few suppliers to grab an increased share of the SME market over the last two years, the company has been named in the AccountingWEB Form Guide To Award Contenders as one to watch.

The fact that MYOB – the highest placed desktop application in the 2008 awards - has now pulled out of the market prompted AccountingWEB to forecast that Pastel now has an opport