. ashgate publishing parent company informa taylor & francis founded 1967 country of origin united kingdom headquarters location farnham publication types books academic journals imprints gower publishing lund humphries official website www.ashgate.com ashgate publishing was an academic book and journal publisher based in farnham surrey united kingdom . 1 it was established in 1967 and specialised in the social sciences arts humanities and professional practice . it had an american office in burlington vermont 2 and another british office in london . it is a subsidiary of informa taylor & francis . the company had two imprints gower publishing publishes professional business and management titles 3 and lund humphries established over 60 years ago publishes illustrated art books particularly in the field of modern british art. 4 in march 2015 gower unveiled gpmfirst 5 a web based community of practice allowing subscribers access to more than 120 project management titles as well as discussions and articles relevant to business and project management . in july 2015 it was announced that ashgate had been sold to informa 6 for a reported 20m . 7 by february 2016 the independent imprints of ashgate became part of the routledge imprint . references edit ashgate publishing ltd . booknews.co.uk . retrieved 2012 07 28 . ashgate publishing company ashgate publishing company burlington vermont vt usa . kellysearch.com . 2012 07 06 . retrieved 2012 07 28 . gower publishing . gowerpublishing.com . retrieved 2012 07 28 . lund humphries . lund humphries . retrieved 2012 07 28 . gpmfirst . gpmfirst . ashgate acquired by informa taylor & francis . ashgate.com . informa pays 20m for ashgate publishing . the bookseller . external links edit official website v t e informa plc taylor & francis crc press focal press garland science psychology press routledge journals informa healthcare scrip world pharmaceutical news informa business information informa maritime lloyd s miu lloyd s list lloyd s list intelligence lloyd s maritime academy washington policy & analysis informa professional lloyd s law reports trademark world patent world banking technology insurance day cpdcast informa cargo information international freighting weekly containerisation international agra informa f.o.licht the public ledger other biotechniques datamonitor light reading informa financial information informa research services informa investment solutions informa global markets international insider informa australia publishing lloyd s list australia australian journal of mining australian bulk handling review earthmover & civil contractor rail express conferences & exhibitions iir australia australian exhibitions and conferences international mining & metals lloyd s list australia events ajm events training iir executive development informa telecoms & media mobile communications international informa yacht group monaco yacht show superyacht cup informa canada fan expo canada dallas comic con megacon conferences adam smith conferences euroforum ibc icbi iir informa exhibitions this publishing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ashgate publishing & oldid 742304769 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdombook publishing companies of the united stateseducational book publishing companiesacademic publishing companiespublishing companies established in 19671967 establishments in the united kingdompublishing stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschnorsk bokm lsrpskohrvatski edit links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 22 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view