Turtle Bay, the Piper Private Equity-backed Caribbean restaurant chain, has lined up its first site in Liverpool, M&C Report understands.
The 14-strong group, which plans to open 12 restaurants in total this year, plans to open in the Grade II-listed Produce Exchange development in the city’s Victoria Street.
The company has also lined up a second opening in Manchester, plus sites in Cheltenham, Bournemouth, York and Leeds.
It has secured a unit at the Citrus Building in the centre of Bournemouth and a second site in Manchester in Oldham Street.
It is currently looking to hire four 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.
