PIZZA chain Domino's wants to open a second branch in Barrow as part of a national expansion programme.

The firm, which already has a site in Walney Road, is prepared to pay a £10,000 'finder's fee' to secure suitable premises.

It is looking for a site with at least a 15ft frontage, 1,000sq ft of floorspace and planning consent for hot food takeaway use, or at least the potential for change of use.

The location must be close to family neighbourhoods, in a prominent roadside location or in a retail centre, and have high visibility and available parking.

Domino's opened in Barrow in 2008.

It has another four Cumbrian outlets in Kendal, Penrith, Carlisle and Workington, and has plans at an advanced stage to open in Whitehaven and for a second outlet in Carlisle.

It also has a production facility in Penrith, which produces seven million balls of fresh dough a year for pizza bases.

The dough is distributed to Domino’s outlets across Scotland and the north of England.

Nationally, the US-owned firm is expanding aggressively.

Its first UK outlet, in Luton, opened in 1985. There are now 900 in the UK and Ireland, and it aims to have 1,200 by 2021.

Helen Tosney-Collins, community and stores communications manager at Domino’s, said: “Domino’s is continually researching and reviewing locations across the country in which to open new stores.”