As I'm spending more time freelancing, I'm always looking for cool new places to work in the day. I…read morewouldn't usually pay for hot desking or co working spaces, but today is an exception as I need a place for meetings and hours of quiet working. This place is way professional. It's designed like a boutique hotel, with its own self serve cafe area, meeting rooms, break out areas, private desks, open plan spaces then private offices. The staff who run the place are super friendly, and there's a real nice atmosphere here. The interior is clean and modern, designed like a 5 star hotel, with artwork on the walls and cool 'office chic' type lighting. The best word I can use is modern.... It's that in a nutshell. It's a pricey place so I wouldn't make a habit of coming here unless I'm an overly successful business woman with money to burn. which I'm sure won't be that far away... Haha. A real treat of a working space

My dad and I came here for some lunch last week and it was a lovely quiet spot with a variety of…read morelunch options and cake. We both went for a panini and drinks. I was slightly disappointed at the food. I went for a mozzarella, pesto and roasted vegetables panini, but the pesto appeared to be from a jar and the roasted vegetables were red peppers in brine from a jar. I think I'd have been better sticking to the cakes, which looked delicious. The panini tasted fine, but it just could have been so much better! While we were eating a large school/college crowd came in on their lunch break and sat at one of the large tables, I suspect the cafe is near to the school. It wasn't too noisy, but just meant it got quite busy and there weren't many tables free, if you are looking to visit around that time. Anyway, food aside, the place is very quaint with nice key features around the place making up the decor. From the seating area you can see some rocking chairs which are replicas of historical chairs. Upstairs is a small library with computers to work at and also a section on the history of the area, which I enjoyed reading. Staff were very friendly and one volunteer stood talking to my dad about the area for some time, which was very nice. They also have a small area of things for sale, mostly kitchen items, but they were really nice and I would go back again just to pick up some of their nice tea towels and tote bags.

My fav library and cafe and coffee shop brilliant staff lovely food and drink it has inside and…read moreoutside seating area. Its just amazing place. It does get busy at times but the staff and volunteers are just amazing I can't fault the place. They serve delicious food cooked well clean enjoyable place to have breakfast lunch or a snack

Great day on the corry tour. I was expecting just a walk up and down the cobbles. But it was much…read moremore. We had a tour around the studios. We got to see the sets of carlas flat, fizz and tyrons house, the platts, the cabin, under world and the rovers. We all got to stand behind the bar and pretend to pull a pint. Out tour guide lee was fantastic. He told us so much about how they film all the different scenes and how the put them together. It was worth the £17pp entry fee. Would recommend to go before it ends in December

I've been to old Granada studios quite a bit in the past year and it definitely seems to be…read moresomething of a hidden gem in Manchester now that all the TV shows, types and general production work (even Corrie's famous street) has moved down to Salford. Reached easily from Quay Street as you walk down past the Opera House, there's the main studios which are huge plus a large outdoors space. It's becoming a really useful space for all sorts of events that have maybe run out of room in other locations and the indoor event 'Buy Art fair' was fantastic here - plus the outdoors has markets and foodie events like Guerilla Eats on - perfect for the large car parking space. Keep an eye out for future events and you'll know how to get here now! Supposedly there's also loads of office space with every tech company under the sun and loads of other similar creative peeps starting to take it up as a new home. The beauty of Manchester is that even though we've progressed so much with making this city even more awesome, there's still thousands of brown field sites and old venues that are being reinvented as new and cool spaces - long may it continue!

I have always been skeptical of using storage facilities, as normally I would be able to leave my…read morebelongings at a friend's house over the summer free of charge. However this year I had to reconsider as none of my friends were available to take my belongings this year. After comparing local storage unit prices I found GRG Storage and not only were their prices affordable they were also nearby and just five minutes away from my university accommodation. I decided to give them a try and leave my belongings for the summer. I have to say that I was impressed by the quality and affordable prices I was offered. Using my friends to store my stuff is good however now I can take the hassle off their shoulders just simply by using GRG Storage for summer storage solutions. It is an easy and reliable service offered at great competitive prices just minutes away from the University of Salford! I highly recommend this as my proffered storage provider for my fellow students at the University of Salford!

From the owner: GRG Storage in Salford, Manchester, has self storage units available at a variety of sizes starting…read morefrom 10 sq ft onwards. You will have your own self-containing lockable storage room, which is clean, dry and secure and above all private, as you are the key holder. We have three loading bays at different sizes to suit your needs. Our Building is secured by 24hr CCTV and the Red Care alarm system in place. The entrance to the self storage area is digitally controlled and alarmed.

I rented office space in the Queensway Business Centre for a year in 2007. I chose it because it…read morewas well located, spacious, secure and cheap. They have various sized offices, but the standard one is about 10m long and 4m wide. For this I think I paid in the region of around £400 a month although there are sometimes discounts available. My office was very basic - just a shell, but I had the advantage of my own access doors to the outside. There was also a security grille at the rear doors, so I could be sure my stock was safe. There is CCTV monitoring anyway, and they're fairly good at keeping an eye on the place - we were questioned several times when arriving late at night or over the weekend. There is a large communal area and a shared meeting room which you don't have to pay to use - I never did use it and it didn't seem to be in too much demand so I wouldn't be surprised if it got changed into more rental space. There are a couple of kitchens which are very basic and not the cleanest, but they serve a purpose and we only used it for washing dishes as we kept a microwave in the unit. The offices aren't luxurious, but basic. We just had cream painted breezeblock walls and rather manky carpet tiles to the floor. The heating wasn't great - old storage heaters, so we brought our own in. There were quite a lot of spiders and woodlice who seemed to appear out of nowhere however much we cleaned! Most annoying thing for me was the pollution -being right across the road from the steelworks, there was all sorts of mess coming in if I left the doors open for ventilation. The staff at the office next door also used to stand right outside to smoke which was really annoying as it came straight in our door - doesn't sound like much but on a daily basis it was quite annoying and a large part of the reason I gave the unit up in the end. If you're looking for office space though, it's well worth considering as it is a lot of space for your money and you don't have to worry about the building maintenance.