Franco Manca, the pizza chain led by David Page and Italian chef Giuseppe Mascoli, has secured a site in Ealing Broadway, M&C Report understands.

The group has taken the former Bella Italia unit for an opening before the end of March next year.

It follows hot on the heels of the group’s acquisition of the Chimichanga site in London’s Belsize Park.

The nine-strong Franco Manca, which is currently on site in East Dulwich, has a further three sites lined up for opening over the next nine months.

The group has secured planning on a unit in Sussex Mansions in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden and on the former Oceanic Jewellers site in Berwick Street, Soho.

The brand will also open in Bermondsey Street, Southwark.

It recently opened a site in Old Brompton Road, South Kensington.