Manchester has now become something of a centre for conferences, with much of the emphasis on larger events that are held at Manchester Central. It shows how far the city has benefited from continuous investment over the past 15 years that it can now host the Labour Party Conference accommodation (September 26-30) and nobody sees it as much of a surprise. Everybody now assumes, quite rightly, that manchester can deliver such grand scale corporate events.

Apart from the Labour Party coming to Manchester, the 2010 conference season (which broadly runs through the Autumn period) sees other events such as Audacious 2010 (August 2 – 5 ); Property Abroad Show (September 3 – 5); UK Wedding Show (October 23/24); Mind Body and Spirit (November 19-21) being held at Manchester Central, amongst many other events in Manchester.

If you are involved with a conference in Manchester – whether you are visiting Manchester as a conference delegate or involved in the organisation and set up of the conference, then you will need to arrange some conference accommodation in Manchester. Staying in a hotel is great if it’s for a day, maybe it’s ok to stay in a hotel room for a couple of nights at a push but the space issues mean that staying in Manchester serviced apartment becomes more tempting for the visitor. If you add the value of meny aspect that a serviced apartment can offer (if you are staying in Manchester with a colleague, you can share a 2 bedroom serviced apartment and really start to see some considerable savings versus staying in a hotel in Manchester).

In terms of location, there are a number of serviced apartments within walking distance of Manchester Central, which will mean you should never need to take a taxi during your Manchester visit.

If staying in a serviced apartment manchester sounds like a good idea or something that you would like to know more about, then please call Serviced City Pads reservations on 0844 335 8866 – the serviced apartment booking specialist, with a team who have wide knowledge of Manchester city centre and the surrounding area.

Manchester Jazz Festival is an annual 9-day-long festival focused on showcasing contemporary jazz from the North West of England and beyond. Serviced City Pads.

The 15th Manchester Jazz Festival will take place from 23 to 31 July in Manchester City Centre.

The Manchester Jazz Festival was created in 1996 as a one-day showcase and has grown into a 9-day event, with 60 gigs and 300 musicians planned for July 2009.

Key Dates and figures for the festival:

1996: 1st Manchester Jazz Festival – 1 day, 1 venue, 10 bands.

2000: 1st new jazz work comissioned by the festival

2003: 1st mjf all-day finale in Albert Square, with 5 bands, 50 musicians and 5,000 attenders

2006: 1st ever jazz festival podcast in the UK – won the Independent’s Critics Choice

Over 80 bands will play across 8 city centre venues, at all times of the day and night – indoors and out! mjf is all about trying something new and this years it’s easier than ever to discover a new world of music, unlike any other on the festival circuit.

2010 includes musical firsts from Britain and abroad, inlcuding the mjf originals commissions surroundings, a new antiphonal suite for jazz  orchestra composed by Manchester trumpeter Neil Yates. International debuts come from Spanish pianist Baldo Martinez and Franco German duo Daniel Erdmann and Frances Le Bras. Other highlights include jazz ’supergroup’ Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum, featuring Salford born guitarist Mike Walker, and Phil Bancrofts multi media Home-Small as the World which features one musician’s contribution beamed directly by wi-fi from his Manchester home. Please call Serviced City Pads on 0844 335 8866.
As you’d expect, Band on the Wall, Manchester’s legendary live music venue, is one of mjf’s main venues, with performances fromthe Indo-Jazz fusions of ex-Mancunian clarinettist Arun Ghosh, to the city’s most revered DJ, Mr Scruff. Even ‘80 icon Kid Creole makes a comeback! Also at the venue, the BBC’s flagship jazz radio programme Jazz on 3 will broadcast live from the festival on Monday 26 July.

A multitude if jazz vocalist, all with their own personal approach to jazz, featuring in the line up: Terry Shaltiel has the blues, Rodina an Irish lilt, Monika Lidke her Polish folk songs, Alice Zawadzki her Jewish folk songs and An Jacobs her French chanson.

At the other end of the spectrum, there is music for the Jazz aficionado too: mjf champions artists who are crossing the boundaries and pushing the music to new limits: The Golden Age of Steam features and unusual line up of the bass clarinet, organ and drums, and their soundworld – nothing to do with trains – evokes swirling soundscapes and contemporary classical music. Jim Hart studied and unsual instrument – the vibraphone – at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester; now he’s one of the UK’s leading exponents and he’s joined forces with Ralph Alessi, the innovative New York based trumpeter, for his gig to launch the festival on 23 July.

A whole day is devoted to the energetic and vital rhythms of Afro-Carribean music. From 2.00pm on Sunday 25 July, take part in special percussion and dance workshops in the Festival Pavillion in Albert Square, and at 8.00pm catch the double bill featuring two of the north west’s foremost ensembles of this genre: Dispora, a young 11 piece band with dynamic orchestrations, and Mojito, with authentic Cuban vocalists and a lively percussion section. All you need to add is the rum and the cigar. Short stay in Manchester with Serviced City Pads.mjf introduces continues in the afternoons with 6 new young artists from Greater Manchester launching their careers at the Festival Pavillion in Albert Square. New to the festival this year is a series of afternoon tea events in the award winning French restaurant at the Grade II-listed Midland Hotel.

Steve Mead, mjf’s Artistic Director, says: ‘There’s an incredible amount of wonderful music in this year’s festival and so much for free. Not only that, but such a wide mixture of sounds and styles, from twice BBC Jazz Award-winner and singer/songwriter Liane Carroll, bringing her relaxed pop and blues influences into the mix, to the most challenging of artist’s at the cutting edge of jazz, like Stuart McCallum (Cinematic Orchestra) and the punky Trio VD. mjf guarantees you a memorable time, whatever your taste’. Serviced City Pads supply Serviced Apartment Accommodation throughout Manchester.

Serviced City Pads are delighted to be working with Bachers of Manchester, a development of new serviced apartments in Manchester’s trendy Northern Quarter.

These Manchester apartments are in a recently converted textile mill that was originally built in 1897 and has some fantastic architectural features. There are a selection of serviced apartments – both 1 and 2 bedrooms, and with many of the bedrooms having the option of becoming twin bedrooms (because of the innovative zip and link beds that are being used) they are a great place to stay whether you are working in Manchester or visiting Manchester as part of a larger group.

All of Bachers 19 Manchester apartments have free wi-fi internet for guests as well as modern wide screen TV’s. The fixtures and fittings are modern and stylish. Some of the larger apartments can also accommodate extra beds for children. This makes staying inthese Manchester serviced apartments a great option for families staying in Manchester for a city break. In addition, there is discounted parking at the close by NCP plus discounted usage of the nearby Virgin Active Health club. So really, everything you might expect from a Manchester city centre hotel; just with more space and freedom.

The Northern Quarter is quite possibly the most thriving area of Manchester city centre. There are many bars, shops and restaurants within a short walk of the apartments as well as being only a short walk from both Manchester Piccaddily and Victoria stations. You will find yourself just a stones throw from everything that Manchester has to offer it’s visitor, and if you are planning to watch Manchester United, then Old Trafford is just a quick tram ride away.

If you are planning to visit Manchester and you like the sound of Bachers of Manchester serviced apartments then please call the reservation team at Serviced City Pads on 0844 335 8866. We will be delighted to make your accommodation reservation in Manchester. We have a team with a strong knowledge of Manchester city centre so ask as many questions as you like before making your booking.

As well as booking serviced apartments in Manchester, Serviced City Pads is a company that deals with many serviced apartment operators all around the UK and Ireland. This means that we always have action to a wide range of short stay apartments. Serviced City Pads work with many corporate customers as well as leisure customers.

Spinningfields is a large business, retail and resdidential development in Manchester, England that lies in the western portion of the City Centre, between South Deansgate and the River Irwell. The Spinningfields complex is the masterplan of Allied London Properties, a London based proprty development and investment company. Short stay Serviced Apartments with Serviced City Pads.
However, due to the financial crisis of 2007 – 2010, Allied London’s ambitious plans were in jepodardy of leaving Spinningfields half completed. However Allied London reached agreement with Manchester City Council in a rescue deal, which involved the council buying various plots of land on the sites in a freehold agreement, namely 1 and 2 Hardman Square and 2 and 3 Hardman Boulevard, from Allied London at an unkown price. The council never disclosed the amount they paid, yet Deborah Linton of the Manchester Evening News claimed before the deal was made that the sum of money would be in the region of £15 million for the plots of land.
There will be a total of 20 buildings within the Spinningfields area, spread over 6 acres and their construction status varies; as of 2008 may are completed, others are still under construction, whilst yet other buildings are still at the planning stages. The developers are Allied London. The structural, civil and geo-environmental engineers are Capita Symonds Structures based in Cheadle Hulme.Serviced City Pads supply short stay accommodation in Manchester.Spinningfields is widely believed to be an area that is fast becoming the Canary Wharf of the North with the Financial Times noting “London has Canary Wharf and Paris has La Defence”, Manchester has its own modern financial centre in the form of Spinningfields”

There are residential buildings within Spinningfields in the form of the 16-storey Leftbank Apartments, which overlook the River Irwell, as well as government buildings, including the Civil Justice Centre of Manchester. The old criminal courts lie within the Spinningfields area. Just outside the area, facing the civil justice area is the People History museumand, beyond that, Salford Central railway station. Serviced City Pads reservations team on 0844 335 8866Furture developments are 1 Hardman Square which lies partially along Quay Street is still in the pre-planning stages, but it is believed to be the tallest proposal of the development. A design of a building with a sloping roof and with a height of 165m (541ft) was submitted but has since been scrapped and new proposals being worked on thought to be around 140 metres. It will be designed by Norman Foster and contruction cannot begin until the demolition of Quay House, which still lies on the current site.

Near the Civil Justice Centre is Manchester House, which opens onto Bridge Street. Manchester House is also scheduled for demolition and a new, taller building to be constructed in its place which will house a hotel.

John Rylands library lies within Spinningfields area, and a major clean up of the building was completed in 2006, complete with a new entrance.

Although mostly commercial, the buildings within Spinningfields will contain various boutique retail outlets. with Giorgio Armani opening a store there. Serviced City Pads reservations team on 0844 335 8866

Manchester Pride describes itself as a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender life. The 2010 event runs from Friday 27th August to Monday 30th August in Manchester city centre. This year sees performances by Belinda Carlisle, Beverley Knight, Heaven 17 and Four Poofs and a Piano (of Jonathan Ross fame) -amongst many others, and promises to be three continuous days of non-stop partying in Manchester.

The main parade at Manchester Pride 2010 is held on Saturday 28th August starting at 1pm. You are sure to be part of a carnival atmosphere if you follow the parade from it’s starting point at Manchester Deansgate, through St. Anne’s and Albert Sqaure, and then finishing off in the heart of Manchester’s Gay Village.

The closing event of Pride is a HIV candle lit vigil held on Monday 30th August at 9pm in Sackville Gardens.

Manchester Pride is always a hugely popular weekend in Manchester, with city centre accommodation at a premium. Serviced City Pads deals with the vast majority of serviced apartment operators in Manchester city centre and has a wide range of options available if you are planning to visit Manchester during Pride 2010.

If you are coming to Manchester with a group of friends you will probably find sharing a serviced apartment in Manchester better value than staying in a hotel in Manchester. There is obviously the benefit of the communal space that come with staying in a city centre apartment that you wouldn’t get from a hotel room in central Manchester.

Serviced City Pads has a wide selection of different size and price apartments to suit a range of styles and budgets. As important, you will be able to book an apartment with Serviced City Pads that is within a short walk of all of the events that happen over Manchester Pride weekend.

For more information about staying in a Manchester serviced apartment please call 0844 335 8866 and we will be delighted to organise your weekend accommodation.

Congratulations! You have finished your exams and July will see you Graduate in manchester. What a fantastic achievement and one that your family and friends will be so proud of. All that hard work, or was it just hard drinking, has paid off. So, you are heading back to manchester for a couple of nights with your family to show them your old haunts before having a photograph taken that will haunt you for years to come!

Hold on, you need somewhere for you and the family to stay in Manchester don’t you? A hotel in Manchester might be the best option for your visit but if there are 4 or 5 of you, it might mean that you end up having to book 3 hotel rooms and that could work out expensive, especially if you are staying in Manchester for 2 or 3 nights. 

Have you considered booking a serviced apartment in manchester city centre instead of booking those hotel rooms? Many of the apartments in Manchester that can be booked with Serviced City Pads  have 2 bedrooms, but can sleep 5 people (or more). This really helps bring the cost of the trip down and means that you have a central space where you can relax and enjoy time as a family. You can’t do that in a hotel. If the family congregate in 1 of those hotel rooms, it will mean at least 3 of you perched on the edge of a bed and the other 2 cramped in a small sofa. Serviced Apartments in Manchester have a spacious living and dining area. You won’t feel pressured to always leave your accommodation behind and meet up elsewhere. There will be ebough dressing up for the day of your graduation. You will also need some time to chill out and enjoy your Manchester visit.

To book a serviced apartment in manchester please call 0844 335 8866. We have a wide range of apartments to rent acoss central manchester that will suit small or large families, or even if you are coming to Manchester on your own – a studio apartment is stil more spacious and will make for a more cost effective trip than booking a hotel in Manchester.

The first collections were assembled by the Manchester Society of Natural History, formed in 1821, and in 1850 the cellections of the Manchester Geological Society were added. Serviced City Pads.

Unfortunately by the 1860’s both societies encountered financial difficulties and, on the advice of the great evolutionary biologist Thomas Huxley, Owens College (now the University of Manchester) accepted responsibility for the collections in 1867. The college was then in Quay Street and the museum in Peter Street. The old museum was sold in 1875 after the college had moved to its new buildings in Oxford Street.

The college commissioned Alfred Waterhouse, the architect of London’s Natural History, to design a museum to house these collections for the benefit of students and the public site in Oxford Road (then Oxford Street). The Manchester Museum was opened to the public in 1888. At the time all the scientific departments of the college were immediatley adjacent.

Two subsequent extensions mirror the development of the collections. The 1912 pavilion was largely funded by Jesse Haworth, a local textile merchant, to the enthnographic collections acquired through excavations he had supported. The 1927 extension was built to house the ethnographic collections. The Gothic Revival street frontage which continues to the Whitworth Hall has been ingeniously integrated by three generations of the Waterhouse family. Serviced City Pads supply serviced apartments throughout central Manchester and Salford Quays.
The University Dental Hospital of Manchester once stood next to the museum:when it moved to the present hospital building the earlier one was used for scientific teaching and later still by Manchester Museum which still occupies it. Serviced City Pads serviced apartments.
In 1997 the Museum was awarded a £12.5 million grant for the Heritage Lottery Fund and this, together with the monies from the European Regional Development Fund, the University of Manchester, the Wellcome Trust, the Wolfson Fondation and other sponsors has enabled the museum to undertake the refurbishment and building which opened in 2003.

The major collecting areas in archaeology have been Western Europe (including the British Isles) the Mediterranean, Egypt and Western Asia. Large accessions of material from Egypt and Western Asia came from excavations of Sir Flinders Petrie and subsequent archaeologists for the University have been involved in several expeditions to Western Asia and brought more finds into the Museum. The Egyptological collections begin with the finds from Kahun and Garob, presented in 1890 by Jesse Haworth made a major donations of funds for this purpose. In more recent times the Egyptian material and Jesse Haworth made a major donation of funds for this purpose. In more recent times the Egyptian Mummy Research Project, begun in 1973, has yielded much information on health and social conditions in acient Egypt and radiology and endoscopy have beed used more extensively. A redesign of the galleries in 1984/85 resulted in much improved displays. Serviced City Pads supply serviced apartment throughout central Manchester and Salford Quays, please contact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club who play at the City of Manchester Stadium. Serviced City Pads have a range of Serviced Apartments near the ground and are a great alternative to hotels with more space and can work out better value. Please contact Serviced City Pads on 0844 335 8866

City was founded in 1880 when the side was known as St Mark’s and changed it’s name to Manchester City in 1894. The clubs most successful period was in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s when they won the League Championship, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the European Cup Winners Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison and with players including Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Francis Lee. Serviced City Pads supply Serviced Apartment Accommodation.

Since winning the League Cup in 1976, the club has failed to win any major honours. The clubs decline led to a relegation twice in three years in the 1990’s, spending the 1998-99 season in the third tier of English Football. The club has since regained top flight status, the level at which they have spent the majority of their history. Serviced City Pads are a Web based serviced apartment booking agent with 100’s of serviced apartments within the city centre of Manchester please contact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

In August 2008 the club was purchased by the Abu Dhabi United Group. The takeover was immediatley followed by a flurry of bids for high profile players; the club broke the British  transfer record by signing Brazilian international Robinho from Real Madrid for £32.50 million. City reached tenth, and also reached the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup. During the summer of 2009 the club took transfer spending to an unprecendented level, with an outlay of over £100 million on players Gareth Barry, Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez and Joleon Lescott. On December 2009 it was announced that Mark Hughes had been replaced as manager by Roberto Mancini. City finished the season in fifth position in the Premier League, narrowly missing out on a place in the Champions League, and compete in the Europa League in season 2010-11.

The current club crest was adopted in 1997, a result of the previous crest being ineligible for the registration as a trademark. The badge was based on the arms of the city of Manchester, and consists of a shield in front of a golden eagle. The shield features a ship on its upper half representing the Manchester Ship Canal, and three diagonal stripes in the lower half, for the city’s three rivers. The bottom of the badge bears the motto Superbia in Proelio, which translates as Pride in Battle in Latin. Above the eagle the shield are three stars, which are purely decortative. Serviced City Pads have a reservations team who will send through a range of serviced apartments, please contact the team on 0844 335 8866.

The fixture list for 2010/11 have just been announced and it already looks like a fasciniting season ahead for Liverpool and Manchester United.

After a disastrous season last year and now without a manager (Rafa Benitez was effectively sacked and has since moved to European champions Inter Milan), Liverpool – a club that many people feel is in turmoil as they plunge further into debt under the stwardship of their American owners – will be hoping for a better 2010/11 season. They start the season at home to Arsenal over the weekend of August 14th (some dates will change due to TV and this particular match looks a certainty to be shown on Sky Sports). Other early season opponents at Anfield include West Brom, Sunderland and Blackpool.

Manchester United lost out in the title race to a strong Chelsea side and many feel that Alex Ferguson hasn’t done enough to replace superstar winger Christiano Ronaldo. Many United supporters feel that Ferguson’s hands are tied, also because of another reviled American owner - The Glazer family – and are worried to see their club plunge further into debt. A takeover looks unlikely in the short term, although the campaigners wearing the Green and Gold scarves (the original colours worn by Manchester United) will hope to pour on the pressure and drive Glazer away from Old Trafford. Supporters are uneasy by the massive debt and inevitable challenge of neighbours Manchester City.

Manchester United start their premier league campaign with a tantalising match against newly promoted Newcastle United, with other early home games in Manchester against West Ham, Liverpool and Sunderland.

Serviced City Pads will be dealing with many supporters who follow both teams from afar. We find that there are many Manchester United fans who travel to Manchester from Southern Ireland and stay in Manchester for the weekend. The same applies to fans of Liverpool FC, but there are also a number of scandinavian fans who stay in Liverpool for 2 or 3 days either side of watching a premier league match.

As Serviced City Pads have now launched the SCP rewards club, it makes perfect sense to join the club now (it doesn’t cost anything) and then book your accommodation in Manchester for every home match throughout the season. You will be rewarded for every night accommodation that you book with us. To find out more click here. 

We also find that if you are a group wishing to stay in Manchester it makes better sense to stay in a Manchester serviced apartment rather than staying in a manchester hotel. The apartment option offers more space and means you can have a beer together as a group before you go out for the evening. It offers a more communal and less formal atmosphere than the 4 walls of a hotel room. A serviced apartment in manchester – for a group stay – will also generally work out to be better value for meny than booking a hotel in Manchester.

So if you are looking to book a short stay in Manchester, you should contact Serviced City Pads straight away. We are the specialist serviced apartment booking company with a wide range of great value serviced apartments in Manchester.

I was recently in a taxi after a business meeting in Manchester city centre. The driver happened to be a staunch Manchester United fan. He was sure that the rise and eventual dominance of Manchester City was nothing more than inevitable due to the club being bankrolled by the oil rich arabs from the UAE. It is a view shared by many, not just disgruntled anti Glazer campaigning Manchester cabbies. 

There is no doubt that Manchester is a city that is passionate about football. It is also fair to suggest that City have lived in the shadows of their illustrious neighbours from Old Trafford. While Alex Ferguson has been piling trophies high, Man City have spent years being relegated and then promoted to and from the English Premier League.

It may well be that the tide is turning. Manchester City are now buying top class players like there is no tomorrow. They are improving every year and it would be no surprise to see the club qualifying from for the European Champions League in 2011 and challenging for homours after that. Success is never guaranteed but the arabs will not tolerate failure.

The local economy of Manchester is fuelled by many foreign supporters of Manchester United FC who visit Manchester from Scandanavia, Ireland and Iceland to watch their team. Many of these visitors will spend the weekend in Manchester (beer is much cheaper in the UK than in Denmark!) and stay in Manchester serviced apartments or hotels in Manchester. The hotel room is a great option if you there are a couple of you and you can make a reservation for a twin bedroom. The serviced apartment in Manchester city centre option offers something slightly different, something that a hotel room can’t; and that is all about accommodating a group of 6,7 or even 8 people who are visiting manchester together and want to stay togeher in the same apartment. Staying in a serviced apartment option mean that the group will be able to socialise and relax together as a group in a spacious living room, cook a meal together and watch tv together. This relaxing atmosphere isn’t something that the formal surroundings of a hotel – even if it is a Budget hotel in Manchester – can offer.

A large group staying in a serviced apartment in Manchester city centre will often find that they will also save money (per person) versus booking multiple hotel rooms. A group of 6 will have to book at least 3 rooms and who is to say that they will be next to eachother?

Anyway, with the emergence of manchester City as a force once again, we expect that more foreign Manchester City supporters will be looking to come and stay in manchester when their team plays at home - particularly supporters from the United Arab Emirates. We suggest that these visitors should consider staying in a short stay apartment and that one in the heart of Manchester city centre is the best option.

Take a look at www.servicedcitypads.com for a wide range of good value apartments for your holiday in Manchester.