(ATLANTA) August 19, 2025 —
Sage (FTSE:SGE) the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced the launch of Workforce Intelligence, a new analytics engine for Sage People, designed to give HR leaders deeper visibility, anticipate challenges and drive strategic impact through data.
Despite growing pressure on HR teams to take a more strategic role, research
1 from Gartner® found that although the labor market has undergone significant shifts, most organizations still rely on headcount-based planning, which limits their ability to anticipate future talent needs. In fact, only 15% of companies engage in strategic workforce planning, leaving a significant gap in HR’s ability to align talent with long-term business goals. Now available to Sage People customers, Workforce Intelligence addresses this gap by providing AI-powered insights, allowing HR to analyse, aggregate and visualize data to deeper insights into their business needs.
Designed for mid-sized, global businesses, Workforce Intelligence helps HR leaders see what’s really happening in their organization so they can respond to change with confidence. By highlighting trends and uncovering blind spots, the latest enhancement to Sage People gives managers a clearer view of their teams and supports them to make faster, more informed decisions. Built on the Salesforce platform, it combines flexibility, security and ease of use in one intuitive experience.
Supporting modern HR teams with personalized learning and wellbeing support
With research from IDC finding that reskilling
2 is now one of the top three pain points for HR leaders, and only 13% of employees saying they feel well supported in their professional development
3 , there’s a clear need for more accessible, effective learning experiences. To help address this, Sage has partnered with Uptime, an award-winning platform that uses AI to deliver curated micro-learning and wellbeing content to HR teams.
“At Uptime, we believe the future of work depends on making knowledge as accessible and engaging as the apps people love in their daily lives,” said
Jamie True, CEO of Uptime. “Through our partnership with Sage, we’re equipping HR teams with AI-powered tools that inspire continuous learning, unlock potential, and help every employee thrive - all in just minutes a day.”
Available in over 24 languages, Uptime brings together personal development, corporate training, compliance and wellbeing in bite-sized formats. Its unique five-minute knowledge hacks, distil key insights from books, courses, videos and podcasts, making it easier for employees to learn on the go, while integrated wellbeing content supports work-life balance and long-term resilience.
“Sage People is evolving to meet the changing needs of modern HR teams,” said
Jonathan Cowan, EVP, HCM, Platform Strategy and Operations. “With Workforce Intelligence and Uptime, we’re giving our customers the insight, agility and support they need to build resilient, high-performing teams and deliver impact across their organizations. These new capabilities show how Sage is actively evolving Sage People to meet the real challenges HR leaders face today while setting them up for tomorrow.”
To find out more about the latest updates to Sage people visit:
https://www.sage.com/en-gb/sage-business-cloud/people/
About Sage
Sage exists to knock down barriers so everyone can thrive, starting with the millions of Small and Mid Sized Businesses served by us, our partners and accountants. Customers trust our finance, HR and payroll software to make work and money flow. By digitizing business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, banks and governments, our digital network connects SMBs, removing friction and delivering insights. Knocking down barriers also means we use our time, technology and experience to tackle digital inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis.
About Uptime
Uptime is an AI-powered learning and wellbeing platform that makes personal and professional growth fast, engaging, and accessible. In just five minutes a day, employees can access over 20,000 expert-led insights from leading books, courses, and podcasts — all in 24 languages. Uptime enables organizations to transform their own content into dynamic microlearning, deliver compliance training at scale, and personalize learning for every individual, helping millions of users in over 180 countries learn faster and thrive.
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About Sage People
Sage People is a highly configurable global cloud HR and People solution that empowers HR to deliver strategic business value. Built on Salesforce, the world's leading enterprise platform, Sage People offers flexibility to design new and better ways of working, and relieves HR from time consuming admin while providing powerful, intelligent analytics to make data driven people decisions.
1. Gartner, Top 5 HR Trends and Priorities That Matter Most in 2025,13 August 2025
2. IDC Tech Supplier, HR Leaders' Road Map for 2025: Priorities, Objectives, and AI Expectations, EUR153133425, Feb 2025
3. IDC Tech Supplier, EMEA Employees Rate Their HR Experiences: Here Is Where Improvement Is Needed and What It Means for HCM Application Vendors, EUR252063324, May 2024
