Coffee Republic, the fast growing coffee shop group, has signed six franchisees to open stores before the end of the year, M&C has learnt.

The group will open in Streatham, Manchester, Barnsley, Sutton, Highworth and Walsall as part of plans to double its UK estate this year.

Its newest store opened at Romford in Essex last week when the company also announced a franchise agreement to open the first site in Oman.

Coffee Republics will also be opening shortly in the Kingdom of Bahrain under master franchise agreement to add to the company’s current international presence in Pakistan, Romania, Spain and its islands and Qatar.