The Birmingham LG Arena has the following music events in June and July, Serviced City Pads supply Serviced Apartments throughout central birmingham to stay, please contact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

Neil Diamond June 28th & 30th

Neil Diamond visit’s the LG Arena once more to the delight of his army of Birmingham fans, Neil will respond to his fans calling in June 2011.

Neil Leslie Diamond has scored a number of successful worldwide hits in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. According to David Wild, common themes in Diamond songs are a dep sense of isolation and an equal desire for connection. A yearning for home and at the same time, the allure of greater freedom. The good, the bad and the ugly about the crazy little thing called love. Serviced City Pads.

As of 2001, Diamond has sold 115 million records worldwide, including 48 million records in the U.S. In terms of Billboard chart success, he is the third most successful adult contemporary artict ever, ranking behind only Barbara Steisand and Elton John.
Neil Diamond is currently working on a new album, his third with Rick Rubin. He says he plans to play electric guitar on the album, a first for him. In 2009, Diamond stated that he prefers Gibson and Martin acoustic guitars and confirmed that he recently had been playing Gibson electric guitars. Long-loved in Boston, Diamond was invited to sing at the July 4 holiday celebration. Through his diamond music company, Diamond now belongs to that small group of performers whose names are listed as copywright owners on their recordings. Serviced City Pads.
James Taylor July 9th

James Vernon Taylor is an American song-writer and guitarist born in Lenox, Massachusetts, and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A five time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor achieved his major breakthrough in 1970 with the single Fire and Rain and had his 1st number 1# with You’ve Got a Friend.Serviced City Pads.
After six years since his last studio album, Taylor released Hourglass, an introspective album that gave him the best critical reviews in almost twenty years. The album had much of its focus on Taylors troubled past and family. ‘Jump up behind me paid tribute to his fathers rescue of him after The Flying Machine day, and after a long drive from New York City. ‘Enough to be on your way was inspired by the alcoholism related death of his brother, Alex earlier in the decade.Serviced City Pads.

In March 2010 he commenced the Troubadour Reunion Tour with Carole King and members of his original band, including Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar and Danny Kortchmar. They played shows in Australia, New Zealand and North America, with the final night being at the Anaheim, CA. The tour was a major commercial success, and in some locations found Taylor playing arenas instead of his usual theaters or amphitheaters with ticket sales over 700,000 and the tour grossed 59 million dollars. It was one of the most successful tours of the year. Serviced City Pads.

Birmingham National Exhibition centre draws many large events throughout the year and in particular The Clothes Show Live 3 – 8 December 2010.

The Clothes Show Live is a consumer exhibition brand, the events showcase latest fashion, beauty and music trends on large and often interactive features and stands. The show is considered the premier fashion event in the UK and praised for its ability to attract young followers.Serviced City Pads book leisure and corporate stays throughout Birmingham.

The first show launched during 1989 in London, 21 yearas ago on the back of a popular televison programme. Due to overwhelming visitor turn-out since 1990 the event has been held at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. It is solely owned and operated by Haymarket Exhibitions, part of the Haymarket Media Group.Serviced City Pads supply short and long stay apartments.
Depsite the various incarnations of The Clothes Show suffering from popularity waves, the live event has remained steadily popular and still holds an audited visitor attendance of 165,000 making it the second most visited show in the UK.Established model agencies have frequently used the show as a hunting ground for young talent.Serviced City Pads.Many celebraties will attend the event and they don’t come any bigger than Gok Wan who on a recent interview most people dictate their opinion of you on how you look. Gok Wan was born in Leicester and stood out from his peers from a young age and the fact that he was mixed race, tall, overweight and gay led to bullying from other children He was 21 stone in his teenage years and later confessed ‘I was really fat’. He felt restricted and unhappy and eventually dropped out of the course, returning to live with his family. Wan set about losing weight and at the age of 20 he began a crash diet, losing nearly half his weight in several months. Despite the sudden change, he had no problem with have being overweight, later reflecting: ‘I don’t regret having been fat at all.

Gok has worked with many celebrities over the last 10 years including Bryan Ferry, All Saints, Damien Lewis, Erasure, Vanessa Mae, Wade Robson, Lauren Laverne, Wet Wet Wet and Johnny Vaughan.

In 2006, Wan was approached by Channel 4 and asked to present his own fashion show, How to Look Good Naked and has been a popular with its viewers.Gok Wan will be at The Clothes Show Liver from Dec 3 – 5.Gok is back! Armed with his fabulous charm, sparkle and his penchant to let us all know that we are gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! The amazing Style Guru will be at Clothes Show Live presenting in the world famous Fashion Theatre, Friday, Saturday & Sunday only!

Serviced City Pads supply a large range of serviced apartments throughout central Birmingham, please cantact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

The Birmingham Comedy Festival has been drawing attention to the city’s vibrant (and often unsung) comedy scene since 2001 when the debut festival hit the road running thanks to appearances from Peter Kay and Sean Lock.The festival is founded by Dave Freak with original partners who include The GAG Clubs Rich Batsford, Janice Connolly (aka Mrs Barbara Nice), The Gee Club, ComedyKavs James Cook, John Simmit and Upfront, Simon from That’s The Badger and the Midland Arts Centre.Serviced City Pads supply a large range of serviced apartments throughout central Birmingham and the reservations team can be contacted on 0844 335 8866.

Working directly with venues, promoters and other organisations and individuals to achieve its goals, the festival is volunteer-led and not for profit. Contact Serviced City Pads for short and long stay accommodation during the Birmingham Comedy Festival for great apartments at the most competitive price.

Since then the festival has grown into one of the largest independent arts festival in the region and featured such A-list acts as Lee Evans, Michael McIntrye, Frankie Boyle, and the cast of cult TV sketch series The Fast Show, Lenny Henry and Ross Noble. Due to the popularity of the Birmingham Comedy Festival book early to avoid missing accommodation. Serviced City Pads supply a large range of apartments in central Birmingham.
Birmingham is the home of a vibrant yet largely unsung comedy scene. Despite the quality of acts appearing at the many clubs, media coverage is limited. The comedy festival was suggested as the best way to raise the profile of comedy within the city and surronding area. Promoters, comedians, acts and organisations are contacted, the response is very positive, and the plans for a brand new arts festival get under way.

Not limited by stand-up come, from the outset, the festival strives to challenge and inspire, opening the programming up to include films, theatre workshops, new talent nights, clubs nights, classical music, dance, book readings, visual arts, events for children and performance, in fact, anything with a humurous angle.

Birmingham will be hosting it’s annual Comedy Festival this autumn with another cracking line-up of big stars and local talent from October 1 – 10.

This year the Birmingham Comedy Festival returns with another cracking line-up of big stars and local talent. Headlining this years show are BAFTA award-winning duo Armstrong and Miller, who will be bringing a range of characters top the Alexander Theatre, from September 30. Some of the stars joining them at various city venues include Mock The Week’s Stewart Francis, Mark Watson, American Rich Hall and Geordie genius Ross Noble, to name a few.

Local artists such as Mrs Barbara Nice, Karen Bayley, The Funbags, Jo Enright and many more will be playing a range of venues including the MAC, the British Oak, Stirchley, and the Electric Cinema.For short and long stay accommodation in Birmingham contact Serviced City Pads reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

Grand Designs Live Birmingham 2010, is back and set to bring three days of amazing features and inspiration for your home this October.

Returning for the 5th consecutive year to the Birmingham NEC, the award-winning Grand Designs Live Birmingham is back, showcasing inspirational design, self build, interiors and cutting-edge homewares from the 8th – 10th October 2010. Stay in a Birmingham Serviced Apartment through Serviced City Pads.
Based on the popular Channel 4 TV series presented by Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs Live brings to life real home improvement projects, cutting edge design, eco-friendly innovation, and interior design, through a series of live interactive features, across a three day event. Serviced City Pads.

This year’s Birmingham show will be spread over six different sections to include: The Grand Village, Grand Build, Grand Interiors, Grand Kitchens sponsored by Miele, Grand Bathrooms and Grand Gardens. With over 500 of the UK’s biggest and best brands exhibiting their latest product ranges across the event, as well as expert advice on everything from planning, designing and building your own home to adding those finishing touches from our Grand Designs Expert Advice centre sponsored by Velux, visitors will be able to buy, build and finish the house, all under one roof.

Grand Village – Visit’s this years spectacular Grand Village hosting a range of full scale sustainable homes and some of the most dynanmic and cutting-edge architectural design and buildings of the future.Serviced City Pads.

Grand Build – The dedicatd Grand Build sections offers products, advice and services, with everything you need to know about the build and home improvement process from planningright through to constructions and fittings, as well as advice on green building technologies.

Grand Interiors – This years Grand Interiors section has the widest range of interior design and style advice than ever, as well as the unique opportunity to shop at the Design Arcade where visitors will see a wide range of leading product designers showcasing some fabulous home wares to add a touch of personality to your home.

Grand Kitchens – A showcase of the latest sleekest in kitchen design for all sizes large and small, Grand Kitchens offers the largest variety of bespoke and designers kitchens available. Alongside sits the widest range of luxurious room sets in Grand Bathrooms, offering more variety and styles than any other home show. Come and discuss your plans with one of our experts and they’ll show some inspiring ideas.

Grand Gardens – Surronded by a range of outdoor manufacturers, the latest showcase in garden design, innovation, planting, furniture and accessories for outdoor living. With everything for an urban rooftop to a tranquil green garden, this year’s Gardens has it all.Serviced City Pads supply serviced apartments.

Kevin’s Green Heroes – In addition, Birmingham will host the brand new Green Initiative, Kevin’s Green Heroes’, a selection of some of the greatest eco products on the market to help aid in your green home improvements, which launched in London earlier thisn year. Short stay apartments in Birmingham through Serviced City Pads.

Did you know that that this Museum in Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter is open all year? This museum was originally a jewellery manufacturing company called Smith and Pepper and tells the rich history of Birmingham as a centre for traditional jewellery making skills.

We would recommend that if you are planning a weekend in Birmingham or even if you happen to be working in Birmingham, then you should consider making a trip to this Museum which is situated to the West of Birmingham city centre. It’s not far to travel to if you are staying in a serviced apartment in Birmingham or even if you happen to be in a Birmingham hotel. Sometimes it’s just nice to be able to get away from the city centre. St. Geroge’s Park is also nearby. You can walk around the fine old architecture of the streets of the Jewellery Quarter and just imagine what a thriving industry this must have been. Infact, Birmingham is still seen as one of the best places to buy wedding and engagement rings, perhaps only second to Hatton Garden in London. Obviously travelling to Birmingham is a much better option than heading down to London if you are just going for the day (and live in the north of England or Scotland).

Serviced City Pads has a number of accommodation options to choose from in Birmingham, all situated in and around the city centre. Birmingham is becoming a more popular city break destination than previously, due in no small part to the ongoing regeneration that the city has seen over the previous decade.

If you are interested in staying in a serviced apartment in Birmingham whether that’s for a weekend or more, then call Serviced City Pads on 0844 335 8866, and make sure that you include a trip to this fantastic museum as part of your itinerary.

The ICC Birmingham claims to be the premier conference venue in the UK and is handily situated in Birmingham, in the heart of the UK. 2010 sees the Conservative Party holding their annual conference at the ICC between Sunday 3rd October and Wednesday 6th October. To book your conference accommodation in Birmingham please contact Serviced City Pads by email at info@servicedcitypads.com.

But what is it that has attracted the Conservative party to hold their annual conference in Birmingham and what is it like to stay in a serviced apartment or hotel in Birmingham for a conference delefate?

At Serviced City Pads we think that Birmingham is a tremendous city that has made incredible strides following large investment over the past few years. Visit Birmingham today and you will find a thriving commercial hub with a fantastic shopping centre, plenty of bars and restaurants, with a wide variety of choices of accommodation in Birmingham city centre.

 The ICC itself stages more than 400 events every year, although it is probably fair to say that there is non more prestigious than the Conservative party conference, which will be the focus of the national media and where David Cameron will make his first conference speech as British Prime Minister. The conference centre is situated on the fringe of Birmingham city centre, so if you decide to stay in a Birmingham serviced apartment then you will find yourself just a short stroll from conference venue.

Serviced City Pads is a specialist booking company with a wide range of serviced apartments in Birmingham city centre. The apartments offer a range of options and suit an array of tastes and budgets. If you are planning to stay in Birmingham for the first time we will be happy to point you in the right direction when it comes to restaurants in Birmingham and any other activities as well as organising your Birmingham conference accommodation. In terms of accessibility, Birmingham is probably the easiest city to reach from anywhere else in the country, just a couple of hours north of London and within two hours of Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds.

At Serviced City Pads we have noticed that hotels and serviced apartments get booked up very quickly in advance when their is a major conference in town and we anticipate that this time the hotels in Birmingham will get booked up quicker than ever as it is effectively a victory conference for the Conservatives, although we don’t anticpate much is a triumphant atmosphere as Mr Cameron will be keen to emphasis the economic problems that the country faces. That’s probably a good reason to book spacious and good value serviced apartments in Birmingham, but that’s another story!

Birmingham has always been a city with football heritage. Aston Villa is one of just 5 British teams to have won the European Cup, the world’s most prestigious club football competition. As well as 7 English First Division titles and 7 FA cup wins and numerous other smaller honours, they are one of England’s most successful clubs. However in the last 2 decades they’ve only managed a pair of League Cup wins and have not been close to challenging for the league title. Birmingham City as well have spent a lot of time in the last few decades in the 2^nd division, also with a few stints in the 3^rd tier of English football. West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers both have also spent a lot of time in the last few decades in the 2^nd tier of English football despite having 4 league titles and 9 FA Cups between them.

When fans come to watch their team playing in Birmingham, many like to stay a night and enjoy the city rather than the stress of trying to get home in the evening through the dreaded football traffic. Birmingham has undergone a bit of a regeneration program and is now a dynamic and vibrant place for visitors. There are plenty of options for accommodation in Birmingham including Serviced Apartments, which are a great way to enjoy executive accommodation and space at great value prices. A serviced apartment allows you more 50% more space, much greater privacy and can provide great value for money when compared with similar specification hotels and for these reasons short stay apartments are quickly becoming a preferred alternative to staying in a hotel in Birmingham.

Football in Birmingham looks to be on the way up however. In the 2010/2011 season, there will be 4 teams representing Birmingham in the Premier League. Aston Villa, under the leadership of Martin O’Neill, have had been enjoying relative success the last few seasons, qualifying for the Europa League, having some great cup runs and challenging for the 4^th Champions League spot. Birmingham City have had a brilliant first season back in the Premiership securing a top half finish, and will be looking to cement their place in the top league for years to come. Wolves also newly promoted have achieved their goal of survival and will also be looking to cement a place in the top league where they believe that they belong. Mick McCarthy has done a great job there and seems to be the right man to keep them there for years to come. As for West Brom, they have become the Premiership’s yo-yo club and after another successful immediate promotion, will feel they are better places than ever to stay in the lucrative Premier League.

So next season there will be 4 teams from Birmingham and a total of 12 Birmingham Derbies, which means a lot more people will be travelling to the countries central city to watch games. When looking for accommodation, why not give Serviced City Pads a ring as they can find the best options for Serviced Apartments that are suitable for your requirements. If you like the practicality and service of a hotel but want the space and freedom of an apartment, Serviced City Pads can help you find the right accommodation for your stay in Birmingham.

Serviced City Pads is the Liverpool based company that specialises in the booking of serviced apartments in many locations across the UK. With strong organic listings in both Manchester and Liverpool, the company is growing and seeing it’s Google rankings improve in Birmingham, London and Edinburgh.

Chris Rose, Managing Director at Serviced City Pads commented, “We are working in a competitive industry. It is really important that potential customers; whether they are leisure visitors to Birmingham or corporate clients working in London; can find us. It’s not only about these people finding Serviced City Pads, we need to have the market presence that enables the guest to trust our brand. It is all very well appearing in the “Sponsored Links” section of Google. These ads are paid for and many customers are aware of this. I don’t think you can sustain a growing business by only having sponsored links. 

Of course, this becomes self fulfilling, as our website becomes more trusted the more people will visit and it then becomes more trusted by virtue of an improved ranking for the most pertinent searches.

The Servicd City Pads website now stands on the cusp of page 1 for the seach term “serviced apartments Birmingham” which will mean that the volume of traffic (guests) looking for accommodation in Birmingham will begin to rise. This means that we have to sharpen our customer offering of Birmingham apartments. 

As well as looking to add to the listings of serviced apartments in Birmingham to our site, we will be speaking to our current operators about enabling current listings to book online. We are finding more and more of our apartment bookings (particularly leisure visitors) are coming directly from the website. It isn’t a difficult or time consuming job for serviced apartment operators in Birmingham to maintain availability online at www.servicedcitypads.com. In turn this really increases the credibility of the company with the customer.

We believe that Birmingham offers a great opportunity to grow our business. City breaks in Birmingham aren’t in the same league as with somewhere like Edinburgh or London. However, the big opportunity is for people visiting Birmingham for a conference or staying in Birminhgam with work. The corporate accommodation market in Birmingham is much bigger than in Liverpool or Manchester.”

If you own or manage serviced apartments in Birmingham and don’t currently have your apartments listed with Serviced City Pads, then please give us a call on 0844 335 8866. Listing your apartments with us is FREE of charge and rates of commission are very competitive.

Serviced City Pads have a large range of Serviced Apartments near Birmingham University, you can contact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

The University of Birmingham is a British ‘Redbrick’ university. Founded in Edgbaston in 1900 as a successor to Mason Scienic College, and we origins dating back to the 1825 Birmingham Medical School, it was the first British University to gain official royal charter in the 20th century. The university is ranked 10th nationally by the Times Newspaper in the UK in 2008, the University is ranked high in the fields of music, physics, biosciences, computer science, mechanical engineering, European Studies and law. Birmingham sport’s activities have been consistently ranked within the top three in British Universities competitions for the past 15 years. Short stay in a Birmingham Serviced Apartment.

The University recently hosted the BBC Prime Minister leadership 3rd and final debate prior to the 2010 General Election. The three candidates current Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Conservative Party Leader David Cameron and Liberal Party Leader Nick Clegg had a televised leadership debate in the Great Hall to showcase each parties policies to the national prior to election day on May 6. Serviced Apartments are quickly seen as a great alternative to Hotels in Birmingham

Although the earliest begginnings of the University were previously traced back to the Birmingham Medical School which is linked to William Sands Cox in his aim of creating a medical school along strictly Christian Lines, unlike the London medical schools. Further research has now revealed the roots of the Birmingham Medical School in the medical education seminars of Mr John Tomlinson the first surgeon to the Birmingham Workhouse Infirmary, and later to the General Hospital. These classes were the first ever held outside London or south of the scottish border in the winter of 1767 – 68. The first clinical teaching was undertaken by the medical and surgical apprentices at the General Hospital, opened in 1779. The medical school which grew out of Birmingham workhouse infirmary was founded in 1828 but Cox began teaching in December 1825. Queen Victoria granted her patronage to the Clinical Hospital in Birmingham and allowed it to be styled ’The Queens Hospital’. It was the first provincial teaching hospital in England. In 1843 the medical college became known as Queens College.

The university has been invloved in many important inventions and developments in science. The cavity magnetron was developed at th university in the Physics Department by John Randall, Harry Boot and Jim Sayers. This was vital to the Allied victory in World War II. In 1940, the Frisch-Peierls memorandum, a document which demostrated that the atomic bomb was more than simply theoretically possible, was written in the Physics Department. The university also hasted early work on Gaseous diffusion in the Chemistry department when it was located in the Hills building. Many windows in the Aston Webb building overlooking the former fume cupboards were opaque from being attacked by hydroflupric acid well recent years. If you require Serviced Apartment Accommodation in Birmingham please contact the Serviced City Pads Reservations Team on 0844 335 8866.

Serviced City Pads are a Serviced Apartment Booking Company who have a wide range of Serviced Apartments in Birmingham. Many people visit Birmingham to watch Aston Villa Football Club and can enjoy Birmingham after the game and stay the evening in a Serviced Apartment.

Astn Villa Football Club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder members of the Premier League in 1992. The club was floated by the previous owner and Chairman Doug Ellis, but in 2006 full control of the club was acquired by Randy Lerner.

After 23 years years as Chairman and single biggest shareholder (approximately 38%), Ellis finally decided to sell his stake in Aston Villa due to ill health. After much speculation it was announced the club was to be bought by the American Businessman Randy Lerner, owner of the NFL franchise the Cleveland Browns. The arrival of the new owner and manager Martin O’Neill marked the start of a new period of optimism at Villa Park and sweeping changes occurred throughout the club including a new crest, a new kit sponsor and team changes in the summer of 2007. The first Cup final of the Lerner era came in 2010 when Villa were beaten 2 – 1 in the 2010 Football League Cup Final. Villa made a second trip to Wembley in that season losing 3 – 0 to Chelsea in the FA Cup Semi Final.

They are one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the F A Cup seven times. Villa also won the 1981-82 European Cup, one of the only four English club to win what is now the UEFA Champions League. Aston Villa has the fourth higest total of major honours won by an English Club. Many visitors to Birmingham stay in Serviced Apartments

There have been many players who can be called notable througout Aston Villa’s history. These can be classified and recorded in several forms. Aston Villa have provided more England Internationals than any other club, 69 to date, with the most recent being James Milner.

Several Aston Villa players have won the PFAA Players’ Player of the Year award. At the end of every English football season, the members of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) vote on which of its members has played the best football in the previous year. In 1977 Andy Gray won the award. In 1990 it was awarded to David Platt, whilst Paul McGrath won it in 1993. Three villa players have won the PFA Young Player of the Year which is awarded to players under the age of 23. In 1977 Andy Gray won the award, in 1981 Gary Shaw received it and in 2009 Ashley Young was awarded it. The National Football Museum in Peston, England administers the English Football Hall of Fame which currently contains two villa teams, two villa players and one manager. The 1890s team and 1892 team were inducted into the Hall of Fame in July 2009. Joe Mercer was inducted into the Hall if Fame at the same timefor his career as a manager including his time at Aston Villa. The only two Villa players in the Hall of Fame are Danny Blanchflower and Peter Schmeichel. Service City Pads have a range of apartments in Birmingham City Centre please call 0844 335 8866 and speak to a member of the reservations team.