Turtle Bay, the Piper Private Equity-backed Caribbean restaurant chain, has lined up an opening in Derby for later this year.
The 15-strong group, which plans to open 12 restaurants in total this year, plans to open on the site of the NoNo 8 Bar in the city.
The company’s next opening will be in Bournemouth and it has further sites lined up in Manchester (its second in the city), Liverpool and York.
It is thought that the group is also in talks on sites in Leeds and Brixton.
It is currently looking to hire operations managers as it gears up for expansion.
The group, which is led by Aj Jaya-Wickrema, is looking for operations managers for the North East, North West, South East and South West.
It also has a site lined up in Cardiff, which would mark its debut in Wales.
The company, in which Piper has invested £6m, is on track to achieve its target of opening a further 20 outlets over the next three to five years.
