Welcome to the first edition of BENCH PR's newsletter in which we will be sharing our company news, client successes and PR tips and insights every other month. If you have any story suggestions or ideas, please let us know. Your feedback is very much appreciated.

BENCH PR has added three new clients to its portfolio; Xero provides an online accounting system, Lockbox private file sharing services and Zendesk help desk software, all via the cloud.

Zoe Palmer has joined the BENCH PR team. Zoe has over fifteen years of international PR and marketing experience for both consumer and business-to-business clients. Before joining BENCH PR as a Senior Consultant, she was Director of PR at Merchant Marketing Group. 

BENCH PR celebrated its third birthday earlier this year with clients, colleagues, partners and journalists at the Emerald Peacock in Melbourne. Director Jocelyn Hunter said: "It’s been an amazing three years and it was great to be able to celebrate with so many of our clients, partners and friends. Everyone has been so supportive and it was an opportunity to say thank you."

• C3 – CIO.com.au
  Ten steps to successfully incorporate Big Data
• IFS – Manufacturer’s Monthly
  Taking lean manufacturing beyond the shop floor
• Zendesk – The Australian
  Zendesk just the ticket for property advertising
• Xero – Sky Business News
  Chris Ridd talks innovation and cloud
• NetIQ – Voice and Data
  Adopting the cloud without compromising security
• Lockbox – Secure Computing
  Don't take Cloud security for granted: Lockbox