This year’s finalists for the PFM Awards Partnership categories have now been confirmed, signalling the start of the next phase of the judging process. Entry forms and the full entries will now be shared with the judging team for each category for them to agree a time to visit each site between now and the end of September. The full list of PFM Partnership Awards finalists can be viewed on the awards' dedicated website, which can be accessed on the PFM website, or by clicki

10 Questions with…(Francesca Laugier-Davies, Account Manager, Pareto FM) 1. What was your first job? Saturday girl at a local fabric shop when I was 13 2. How did you get into the facilities management industry? I applied for an FM apprenticeship with a charity I was volunteering for, although I wasn’t exactly clear on what FM was, I was intrigued by the role and felt that I had enough transferable skills to make the leap. FM was a conscious decision for me and a

LGBT+ IN FM RAISES BANNER FOR DIVERSITY LGBT+ in FM is making sure the topic of diversity is more than ‘fuzzy, positive’ talk of inclusivity. Diversity is a topic that can become a stomping ground for ‘fuzzy, positive’ talk of inclusivity. In reality, groups whose requirements have not traditionally been considered in mainstream society have often been made to suffer in silence because of a lack of adequate platforms to highlight their talents and the lack of a support networ