Cote, the French brasserie chain backed by CBPE, has secured a further two sites for openings this year in Winchester and its second restaurant in Cardiff, M&C Report has learnt.

The 52-strong company, which recently signed on sites in Dorchester and West Bridgford, has taken a unit in Mill Lane for its second site in the Welsh capital, while it has also secured the Moss Bros site in Winchester.

Both sites are scheduled to open near the end of the year.

The group currently operates a site in Cardiff’s Mermaid Quay.

M&C Report understands that the company is also in talks on sites in Chislehurst, Cheltenham and Dorking.

The group, which recently opened in Wokingham, will re-open the former Woods & Woods furniture store in Muswell Hill Broadway later this summer.

It has also secured further sites in Bishop Stortford and Cobham.