What’s New in Sage 200 2025 R1?

The Sage 200 2025 R1 update brings practical enhancements to both the desktop platform and web portal, including bank feeds improvements, longer transaction references, smarter sales order updates and the launch of Sage Network.

Whether you're managing finance, sales or operations, these updates are designed to streamline everyday tasks and support collaboration between businesses.

In this post, we explore everything new in the latest Sage 200 release and how it impacts your day-to-day workflows.

🔍 Quick Overview: What’s New in Sage 200 2025 R1?

🏦 Bank Feeds: Manual Import Now Available

Previously, Sage 200 bank feeds relied solely on direct integration with supported banks. Now, businesses whose banks don’t offer that integration can manually import bank transactions from a file.

This new feature ensures better compatibility with a wider range of banks and gives businesses more flexibility in managing cash flow and reconciliations.

If you're already using bank feeds, you'll need to run a brief update the next time you connect. Full guidance is available in Sage support.

📦 Sales Order Improvements: Update All Line Item Dates

A small but time-saving update:

When you change the requested or promised date for an order, quote, or pro forma, Sage 200 now gives you the option to automatically update the dates for every item on that order.

This removes the need to manually adjust each line item — perfect for order processing teams working with bulk or repeat orders.

🌐 Introducing Sage Network (Early Adopter Program)

Sage Network is a new cloud-based platform designed to automate workflows between businesses, even if they’re using different accounting systems.

Here’s how it works:

• Businesses sync data to the Sage Network platform

• Partners and customers can collaborate in real time

• The Sage Connect mobile app lets your customers view invoices instantly

⚠️ Note: Sage Network and Sage Connect are available only to registered early adopters for now. You can express interest via Sage’s early adopter programme.

This feature positions Sage 200 as a more connected, collaborative ecosystem. A trend seen across all modern ERP platforms.

Find out more about the Sage Network, including setup, right here.

🧾 Increased Reference Lengths: 40 Characters

Sage 200 has doubled the character limit for reference fields across:

• Customer transactions

• Supplier transactions

• Nominal ledger transactions

This applies to both the desktop and web portal versions of Sage 200.

This update allows more descriptive, flexible reference labels, especially helpful when integrating with external systems or working with more complex internal codes.

Final Thoughts: Is It Time to Upgrade?

The 2025 R1 update brings new features and benefits like:

• Saving time on day-to-day order processing

• Enhancing compatibility with more banks

• Future-proofing your workflows with the launch of Sage Network

• Improving usability for finance teams managing high-volume transactions

As always, The HBP Group can help you upgrade, configure and make the most of these new features.

📞 If you're a customer, then speak to our Sage 200 experts, or if you'd like to find out more about our Sage 200 support, take a look here.