UAE-based Shakespeare and Company has signed franchise agreements in Bahrain, Lebanon, India and Qatar.

The café-restaurant features “Victorian ambience” and is planning to open its first outlet in Bahrain in Adliya soon, according to the company’s website, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

It was launched in 2001 and plans 23 company-owned and operated outlets in the UAE and franchises in Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt and the US. - TradeArabia News Service