Access Weighsoft drops 'Evo' branding and clears DEFRA digital waste tracking testing
What happened
Between the Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026 captures of The Access Group's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: The product name was shortened from 'Access Weighsoft Evo' to 'Access Weighsoft' across the page title, pricing quote heading, testimonials header, and all three customer case study blurbs. No pricing or plan structure changed; New hero-section content announces Access Weighsoft passed DEFRA's integration testing for digital waste tracking submissions and is production-ready for the October 2026. In detail: New hero-section content announces Access Weighsoft passed DEFRA's integration testing for digital waste tracking submissions and is production-ready for the October 2026 mandate, plus a '250+ waste contractors' trust badge. Absent before. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added, positioning) with an upward direction. The current page lists Industry Modules at GBP 340.
It lands 69 days after The Access Group's previous change, "The Access Group Wastemanagement: Weighsoft Evo Industry Modules priced publicly at £1,707/month for 5 users" (Jun 30, 2026). The Access Group has been tracked since 2026-04-28.
In the same window Sage and Microsoft also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureFeature added
New hero-section content announces Access Weighsoft passed DEFRA's integration testing for digital waste tracking submissions and is production-ready for the October 2026 mandate, plus a '250+ waste contractors' trust badge. Absent before.
- No · PositioningRewordedAccess Weighsoft EvoAccess Weighsoft
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | New hero-section content announces Access Weighsoft passed DEFRA's integration testing for digital waste tracking submissions and is production-ready for the October 2026 mandate, plus a '250+ waste contractors' trust badge. Absent before. | Feature added | |
| No | Positioning | Access Weighsoft Evo | Access Weighsoft | Reworded |
Values as written on The Access Group's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of The Access Group's pricing page (www.theaccessgroup.com) from Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Access Weighsoft Evo" becomes "Access Weighsoft".
Sign in to see the evidence
The two full-page captures with this change marked up are free with an account.
The Access Group, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 7, 2026improvedAccess Weighsoft drops 'Evo' branding and clears DEFRA digital waste tracking testing · this change
- Jun 30, 2026packagingThe Access Group Wastemanagement: Weighsoft Evo Industry Modules priced publicly at £1,707/month for 5 users
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- SageAug 31Sage Payroll: intro promo changed to 75% off 6 months
- MicrosoftAug 31Microsoft Speech: Voice Live Pro Cached Input $40→$0.40; GPT Realtime 2 added
- SageAug 24Sage: Payroll per-employee overage price increase ($3.50→$4.50 + more)
- SageAug 11Sage Payroll: free-trial promo cut from 2 months to 1 month
- MicrosoftAug 10Microsoft Copilot 365 Copilot: 1-month free trial added to Business plans
Questions about this change
Did The Access Group raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added, positioning.
What changed on The Access Group's pricing page between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026?
New hero-section content announces Access Weighsoft passed DEFRA's integration testing for digital waste tracking submissions and is production-ready for the October 2026 mandate, plus a '250+ waste contractors' trust badge. Absent before; No positioning: Access Weighsoft Evo → Access Weighsoft, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does The Access Group change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for The Access Group in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "The Access Group Wastemanagement: Weighsoft Evo Industry Modules priced publicly at £1,707/month for 5 users" on Jun 30, 2026; The Access Group has been tracked since 2026-04-28.