Thomas Bow and City Asphalt Combine Their Operations To Become A Major Player İn The Highways Maintenance Arena

Thomas Bow and City Asphalt have been working together as an integrated unit since 2005. They have now announced that they are officially joining forces to create one of the major civil engineering and highway contractors in the East Midlands. The decision has been taken to combine their operations and re-brand as Thomas Bow City Asphalt.

Nottingham-based Thomas Bow actually dates back to 1867 but was dormant from 1990 until 2002, when Alistair Bow re-launched the business previously run by his father and uncle.

He explained: “Thomas Bow has come a long way since it was re-launched from my garage and although we bought up City Asphalt in 2005 and have since added ID Construction and Ashbow Estates to the group, they continued to operate as separate companies. Both Thomas Bow and City Asphalt are very strong brands in their own rights. Consequently, having taken the decision to have one logo that covers both, we opted for Thomas Bow City Asphalt as our trading name.”

In joining forces, the building and civil engineering contractors have become a major player in the highways maintenance arena and Managing Director Bow, who is also Chairman of Nottingham Rugby, believes it will give the company a lot more ‘clout’ within the industry.

He added: “As independent businesses in their specialist fields they were comparatively small but when you bring all our companies together, we have an operation turning over £14million a year.

“I believe the re-brand sets us up for an exciting future and although you can never afford to be complacent, I’m very happy with where we are at the moment. The last 12 months have been extremely good for us - despite the tough economic climate – and I expect that to continue for the foreseeable future.”