A NEW business is percolating in Huddersfield – with the opening of another Costa Coffee shop.

The company has opened premises at New Street in the town centre – adding to its existing sites at the Kingsgate Centre and at the Odeon Cinema alongside the Galpharm Stadium.

Costa Coffee also has premises in Halifax, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield.

The new outlet has opened in premises formerly occupied by JJB Sports.

The move comes as the company seeks planning approval for an outlet at the Spindlegate leisure development at Leeds Road, Hillhouse.

That proposal calls for a single-storey stone-built restaurant with 26 car parking spaces.

The Yorkshire Rose pub is already operating at the site – formerly the James Robinson chemical works. Spindlegate also has planning permission for a 62-bed hotel and a shop unit.

Costa Coffee is the number one coffee shop chain in the UK with an estimated 35% of the adult population visiting Costa – more than any other coffee chain.

The company was founded by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa in 1971.

Today, it has more than 1,100 stores in the UK and another 600-plus in 25 other countries.