TV series winner Sam Attwater skates into the M.E.N Arena next month for Dancing On Ice Live.

2011 champion and EastEnders actor Sam Attwater will be joined in Manchester by TV presenter Chloe Madeley, Chris Moyles’ sidekick Comedy Dave Vitty, children’s TV presenter Laura Hamilton, Coronation Street and Loose Women’s Denise Welch, singing legend Vanilla Ice, Victoria Cross winner Johnson Beharry and 2010 series winner Hayley Tamaddon.

Our serviced apartments in Manchester offer a great alternative to hotels. The Manchester serviced accommodation we offer is value for money and will allow you the freedom that hotels can not. If you wish to come on a trip to Manchester then call our reservations team today on 08443358866. Serviced City Pads are the premier booking agency for serviced accommodation in Manchester and across the UK. Many of our apartments are available to book online. We can also offer you a personal booking service from a team with strong local knowledge

Tickets for the Friday 29, Saturday 30 April and Sunday 1 May Manchester shows are on sale now, priced from £32.50. TV personality and one time ‘King of the Jungle’ Christopher Biggins, who debuted as a judge on 2010 tour, returns to the panel alongside skating gold medallist and TV judge Robin Cousins and head skating coach from the ITV series, Karen Barber. Popular TV presenter Andi Peters also returns to host the tour.

Returning to the home of their 1995 record-breaking performance, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean will join a new line-up of celebrity skaters to perform dazzling routines including their own spectacular show-stopping performance.

Using the same format as the hit ITV1 show, spectators can use their mobile phones to text vote for their favourite celebrity. Audience votes will then be added to scores from the judges to decide the overall celebrity winner. The winning couple will then take to the ice for a magical finale performance. As with previous tours, all profits from text voting will go to charity.

More than £100,000 has been raised to date which in previous years has been donated to the Royal London Society For The Blind and Demelza Hospice Care for Children.

If you or anybody you know is coming to Manchester then try staying in one of our serviced apartments. They are more comfortable and more spacious than a hotel room, allowing you and your friends a place to relax and cater for yourselves. Serviced City Pads have apartments throughout the UK. One of our Manchester apartments could be exactly what you’re looking for. Get in touch and see what we can find for your visit to Manchester. You can send us an email or you can call 08443358866 to talk to one of our reservations team who will be happy to help you find an apartment.

Amir Khan will head a fantastic bill of world class boxing as he defends his WBA Super Lightweight World Title against the undefeated European Champion Paul McCloskey at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Saturday 16^th April.  The action packed night will be presented by Hatton Promotions in association with both Khan Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. Man City fan Hatton has been worried that he will miss his team’s F.A. Cup semi final match against arch rival Manchester United. Needing City to stay in Europe in order for the football to be moved to the Sunday The Hit man was aware of the impending clash. “It would be heartbreaking if I missed it and I’ll shed a tear if I do,” said the former world champion. As City once again failed to impress in Europe Hatton is set to be teary eyed at the boxing but you certainly wont be if you stay in one of our serviced apartments in Manchester.

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The Bolton boxer’s fourth defense in spring will be his third headline showdown at the Arena with his last appearance, in 2009, ending in a win over Andreas Kotelnik to lift the WBA title. Amir said: “This is a matchup the British public want to see and will be a fantastic fight between two of the best super-lightweights in the country”.

Our serviced apartments in Manchester offer a great alternative to hotels. The Manchester serviced accommodation is value for money and will allow you the freedom that hotels can not. If you wish to visit Manchester then call our reservations team today on 08443358866. Serviced City Pads are the premier booking agency for serviced accommodation in Manchester and across the UK. Many of our apartments are available to book online. We can also offer you a personal booking service from a team with strong local knowledge.

Adrian ‘Jackpot’ Lewis has long been one of the most exciting players in professional darts. His high scoring style and regular maximums has made for some thrilling matches in the past. Until recently, however, his success has fallen short of being truly representative of his ability. Lewis is looking to change that and is currently looking down on the rest of world darts. “It’s time to stop calling me Phil Taylor’s protégé” Jackpot announced after winning his maiden world championship. For most within the sport his title was no great surprise and he has been backed to win more.

The top eight starts of darts, including Lewis, will be once again competing in the round robin Premier League. 14 League nights will mean that there is certain to be top tungsten for the thousands of lucky spectators. Touring around the country they will make a regular stop at the world famous Manchester Evening News Arena. If you need serviced accommodation in Manchester then Serviced City Pads can help. Just call a member of our reservations team today 08443358866. We have a fantastic range of serviced apartments in Manchester in great locations.

Never short of a word or two the voice of darts Sid Waddell believes that Jackpot may now emulate the game’s greats: Eric Bristow and Phil Taylor. Of Bristow’s achievement’s Waddell once said “’When Alexander the Great was 33 he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Bristow is only 27”. He is no less certain of Phil ‘The Power’s’ place in history claiming that “If we’d had Phil Taylor at Hastings against the Normans, they’d have gone home.” Now Waddell believes Lewis may have the game and the tungsten to match them. Lewis is now freed from the pressure of Taylor’s shadow and it seems is not longer underachieving. Waddell concurs, “Adie Lewis is shaking off his caterpillar skin and learning to fly without a net.”

Our serviced apartments in Manchester offer a great alternative to hotels. The Manchester serviced accommodation is value for money and will allow you the freedom that hotels can not. If you wish to visit Manchester then call our reservations team today on 08443358866. Serviced City Pads are the premier booking agency for serviced accommodation in Manchester and across the UK. Many of our apartments are available to book online. We can also offer you a personal booking service from a team with strong local knowledge.

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Manchester has long been established a musical mecca with the likes of The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Oasis and Joy Division to name a few. Today the city continues to put on a show.

Manchester’s annual Warehouse Project gigs and clubnights bring top-quality musical talent from around the globe to sell-out shows here in Manchester. This year’s line up boasts the likes of Kelis; MIA; Grandmaster Flash; Ian Brown; Simian Mobile Disco and Doves are lined up alongside world class DJs such as Eric Prydz; Paul van Dyk; Flying Lotus; Richie Hawtin and Pete Tong.

Based underneath Manchester Piccadilly station in a 2000 capacity warehouse, the Warehouse Project has become recognised as one of the finest music venues in the UK over the past few years. Make it a Serviced City Pads Project and stay in one of our fantastic serviced apartments in Manchester. Running from September 2010 to New Year’s Day 2011, tickets for this year’s season are sure to sell out fast. You can find out more at the Warehouse Project’s website. If you require accommodation for your stay in Manchester then we are happy to help.

Manchester also hosts the standout event of 2011. The Take That Progress Tour takes up residency in Manchester from 3rd – 11th June. Want to see take that live? Stay with Serviced City Pads. Call and speak to a member of our reservations team today.

With huge football credentials Manchester is home to some of the world’s top stars. The new found wealth of Man City has reborn them as a club who could actually challenge for honours with their neighbours Man United. With only 2 league titles in the club’s history (like Tottenham) Man City are looking to literally cash in on their current situation and test the resolve of the so called ‘big 3’. If you want to watch any football in Manchester then let Serviced City Pads help with your accommodation.

Whether business or pleasure, work or leisure Serviced City Pads can provide you with a fantastic range of high quality serviced apartments in Manchester and all over the UK. Why not come and see Manchester during what is sure to be an exciting and eventful year. If you need a serviced apartment we will find what’s best for you.

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During this Autumn from Oct 1 – 10, Manchester is holding its annual Food and Drink Festival. The Festival is nationally acclaimed that has developed to its current level over 12 years (2010 will see the tenth annual event take over the region). Conceived and developed by Phil Jones and Chris Tomlinson in 1998, the event orginated as a means of showing the rest of the nation that there was more to Manchester dining than pies and gravy.Apartments throughout Manchester through Serviced City Pads.
In the 12 annual festivals that have taken place over that time, the festival has achieved a national status. The Festival is, and always has been, part of Manchester City Council callendar of events for the city. It is urban food and drink festival, there is no single location, rather the Festival takes over as much of the City Centre and surrounding districts of Greater Manchester as possible, with a huge programme of events taking place, both indoor and outdoor.

The Festival highlights a number of ‘Festival Themes’, issues which affect food and drink industry in the region.Serviced City Pads reservations team on 0844 335 8866.
Like Manchester itself, the Festival is both Original and Modern. Events and participation have ranged from a childrens food workshop at a community library in Salford, to a glittering Gala Dinner at Manchester’s Town Hall. Short and long stay apartment accomodation through Serviced City Pads.
There are various awards at this years Festival which is the most prestigious food and drink awards in the region. The Manchester Food and Drink Awards provide a benchmark for excellence in the hospitality industries throughout Greater Manchester. The judges will have some tough decisions to make this year, resulting in a very strong set of contenders for the categories. The Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony will be held on October 11 at The Hilton Hotel Manchester where the award winners will be announced. The categories include the following, Restaurant of the Year, Best Bar, Best Newcomer, Chef of the Year, Best Pub, MFDF Award for Healthy and Sustainable Eating, Manchester Community Foodie Award, Best Family Friendly Venue.

There is also an award for Manchester Food Hero Award, this will be the chance to nominate any food and drink related person or business that you think has provided sterling service, real quality or unbelievable commitment to making Greater Manchester a better food and drink region. Everybody and evry business can be in your sights from top chefs to great waiting staff to dinner ladies; from five star dining venues through to wonderful bars and classic pubs via great catering companies and excellent foodie shops.

Manchester Food and Drink Festival are also are Launching Lunch in the Suburbs, at 2009 MFDF was such as success, MFDF is bringing this fabulous experience back but with two fanstic menus. The event will be running over two separate days, so that you have the chance to dine in the suburb of Ramsbottom.

Three of Ramsbottom’s best restaurants are teaming up with MFDF to celebrate this and stage an one-off experience for Festival goers. Three of the jewels in the Rammy crown will be hosting Festival revellers for an extra special course each, as visitors are invited into each for a true gastronomic relay of an event.

Sanminis, Ramsons, and the Chocolate Cafe, all within a stones throw from each other in Ramsbottom, will host a unique event as part of the MFDF festival on 3rd and 9th October.Serviced City Pads.

Manchester Pride is an annual Gay Pride celebration in the city of Manchester, it is one of the longest running in the country and attracts thousands of visitors to the city’s Gay Village, which centres around Canal Street, each year. The event comprises a Pride march, and several days of various arts, music and cultural events all over the city as well as a festival during the August bank holiday weekend within the gay village itself. Serviced City Pads supply apartments in central Manchester.

Original objectives for the birth of Manchesters Pride celebrations were to raise awareness around the legal and political struggles faced by the LGBT community and to raise funds for local charities. The first ‘gay pride’ event in Manchester was held in 1990. EuroPride was hosted in Manchester in 2003, and Since 2004 the title ‘Manchester Pride’ has been adopted. Manchester Pride consistently raises money for the LGBT and HIV charities and this year raised the largest amount ever in the festivals history. Contact Serviced City Pads reservations team on 0844 335 8866 for short stay apartments.Pride parades for the LGBT community are events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage. Most pride events occaur annually and many take place around June to commemorate the Stonewall riots, a pivotal movement in the modern LGBT rights movement. There is opposition to parades both within LGBT and mainstream populations. LGBT say that it shows non-representative aspects of the community. On the other side, it may sound ridiculous as there is no ‘heterosexual pride’, thus it is countered as homosexual agenda.

There is much more to Manchester Pride than the parade itself, since 2003 the festival has spanned a full ten days with a series of art, culture, heritage, politics, sport, music and film events celebrating the great diversity of the LGBT community in the run up to the Big Weekend Party. Pride Fringe allows performers to showcase their talents in music and dance. A series of lunchtime recitals celebrating music by LGBT composers past and present. This year arks the centenary of the birth of Samuel Barber – the composer most famous for his ‘Adagio for Strings’ used in films such as ‘Platoon’ and ‘The Elephant Man’. Each concert will include some of barbers glorious chamber music and songs, featuring performances by oboist Nicholas Daniel, tenor David Maxwell Anderson, pianist Ashley Wass & Leon McCawley, and the ensemble CHROMA. There will be a world premier of a new work by Manchester Pride’s new Composer-in-Association, Marc Yeats.Serviced City Pads supply city break accomodation.
Comedy and Theatre shows are showcased at the fringe.

Undone is a sharp witty look at one young man trying to navigate his way through relationships, lover friends via the underbelly of Manchesters gay scene. Through the mist of neon lights, dilated pupils and hangovers Dex attempts to discover true intimacy, peeling back layers of expectation and coming face to face with his fears head on. This will give you a fresh perspective of the Village life in a way you never have before; or at least can remember in this fast paced comedy drama.

Fanny is a girl who confides in her ma that she does not fancy boys. Her ma is excited as this means Fanny has the calling to be a nun. But after many years locked up in an irish convent, Fanny meets Sister Phil and there is a ’special bond’ between them she just can’t explaine. So Fanny runs away from the convent and arrives in Manchester. She is followed by Sister Phil and they discover the village whilst in hiding from Fanny’s mother who is desperatley trying to pray the gay away.Serviced City Pads supply luxury apartments in Manchester.
Camp Classics

Acelebration of gay life and experience over the years – the trails and tribulations, the energy and excitement, tales to make you laugh cry and cringe. Potrayed through a patchwork of scenes, sketches, comedy, poetry and song and perfomed by VADA members new and old. VADA is a long standing community theatre group run by, and for, all members of the LGBT community.

The Manchester Weekender takes place over 48 hours at the start of October 2010 and is a series of events in Manchester that wraps up the best of what the city has to offer in terms of culture. Of course, local neighbour Liverpool made such a success as the European Capital of Culture in 2008, but Manchester is approaching events such as this in a slightly different manner. Visit Manchester in the autumn and you are sure to have a great time. OK, the weather is never great in Manchester, but at least you won’t be expecting the sun to be cracking the flags in October, and if it is, then what a bonus!

The Manchester weekender features street dance, boat parties, interactive art displays, film screenings at Midnight and performace art to name just a few of the things that will be taking place across the city. One of the key highlights being Jonathan Franzen reading from his latest novel at the Whitworth Gallery.

If you are an art lover and are considering a UK city break booked with Serviced City Pads, have you thought of a stay in Manchester? This is a city that has undergone a renaissance over the last 20 years and is a terrific city to take a short holiday in the UK. Perhaps a less obvious place to visit than Edinburgh, London or Liverpool, but a city that is rich in industrial heritage and a thriving cultural landscape. A short stay in Manchester would be a great thing to do with your family. If you do decide that you are going to visit Manchester, then you should also put some thought into which type of accommodation you are going to stay in. There are a large number of hotels in Manchester, with all of the big brands such as Hilton, Novotel and Crowne Plaza having hotels in Manchester. There is also the Lowry hotel which is probably the most luxurious hotel in Manchester. Serviced Apartments are becoming seen as a great alternative to staying in a hotel across the UK, and this is no different in Manchester, which has a thriving serviced apartment industry – great news for a family visiting the city – with a number of different providers including Blue Rainbow serviced apartments, STAY Manchester serviced apartments, Bachers of Manchester and City Stop Apart-hotel. There is a great choice, and perhaps a spacious apartment could be just the thing for your family to relax after a day taking in all of the culture on offer at the Manchester weekender.

Serviced City Pads is an accommodation booking company based in the North West of England with a strong local knowledge of Manchester. You can book hotels in Manchester with Serviced City Pads as well as Manchester serviced apartments. We have a wide range of accommodation options to suit families and individuals who wish to stay in Manchester, whether that trip is for business or pleasure.

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.

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.

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.