In 1981, Bob McWilliams bought a Wirral-based print company and later added the in-plant print department of a Unilever subsidiary called Liver Transport, which specialised in shipping and export documentation. Liver Transport was later shortened to LT, and in March 1999, LT Print Group was formed. Following the successful acquisitions of other print companies such as Stephenson Print and Ashley Printers in 2003, as well as the MBO of the company by previous finance director, Andrew Whyte, the company now operates with 26 members of staff, at a 2,900sq m facility in Wallasey in Wirral. So, what has led LT Print to successfully navigate over 40 years of experience and become the company it is today? We speak to Andrew Whyte, managing director of the company, to find out more. Customer-Focused At the end of 2024, Whyte acquired LT Print Group from the former owner Bob McWilliams, who stepped down as chairman ahead of the acquisition. At the time of the acquisition, Whyte said: “Bob had a wonderful career spanning over 64 years in the print and paper industries. Having established the origins of LT Print Group in 1981, he was proud that the business had grown in strength and expertise over the years due to the loyalty of our customers and staff. My task now is to maintain this legacy and ensure we continue to provide the very best service to our customers for many years to come.” When it comes to the company’s evolution, Whyte says the company has grown significantly since its inception, and has evolved from a “small, family-run operation” to an “established print provider” serving the education, hospitality, and brewery sectors. Whyte adds: “We’ve expanded our capabilities by investing in our people, our technology, and enhancing our design and finishing services to meet the needs of modern brands.” When it comes to the company’s values, LT Print is proud to be a small, closeknit team, which Whyte says can help to respond to clients’ needs by providing excellent customer service, design support, and the print quality required to help businesses to help achieve their goals. “We enjoy helping clients not familiar with print or the print process to achieve the outcome they desire,” says Whyte, who adds: “We like to think we take the environment seriously, having held the internationally recognised standard for environmental management systems, ISO 14001, since 2009. We continue to work on reducing our impact each year, reducing energy use, and waste with more recycling. “Importantly, we take ownership and pride in our work, so when it’s not right we will correct it and reproduce it at our cost.” As a company LT Print offers a number of services for its clients, ranging from in-house graphic design to lithographic and digital printing solutions. Alongside this LT Print offers large-format printing capabilities including poster printing, pull-up banners, exhibition backdrops, small signage, and superwide-format printing projects via local print partners. Recently the business celebrated its six-year business relationship with international culinary festival – Obsession. Curated by executive chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen and the team at Northcote, a luxury hotel and Michelin Star restaurant in Lancashire. The festival has a supposed waiting list in the thousands and is seen as one of the significant gourmet events in Europe. Speaking of the Northcote’s work with LT Print, Kaye Matthew, sales and marketing director at Northcote, says: “Obsession, now in its 25th year, is the highlight of the Northcote calendar and recognised as the top gastronomic festival in the UK. For that reason, we have to ensure we have the most professional partners supporting us – LT Print has been our print partner since 2019. “The team offers a brilliant service in design and print, often working with us to tight deadlines, always delivering on time, and dealing with last minute requests to ensure we deliver a successful event every year.” With over 40 years of experience working with a number of industries, LT Print has celebrated various recent milestones. We speak to Andrew Whyte to find out more about the company Being a Dedicated and Adaptable Print Business 32 email: editor@printmonthly.co.uk May / June 2025 - Issue 354 COMPANY SPOTLIGHT / LT PRINT GROUP ▲Andrew Whyte, managing director at LT Print Group We enjoy helping clients not familiar with print or the print process to achieve the outcome they desire
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