Nine Commonwealth nations, one platform: LTL Awards 2026 winners announced, as Commonwealth Bridge backs a growing map of veteran enterprise.

From Fiji to Mauritius, Ghana to Guyana, this year’s LTL Awards winners reveal a Commonwealth footprint far wider than Commonwealth Bridge’s four launch markets — the clearest signal yet of where the platform goes next

TIDWORTH, UK — The winners of the LTL Awards 2026 span nine Commonwealth nations — the United Kingdom, Mauritius, Fiji, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, and Jamaica — in what organisers are calling the clearest evidence yet of the reach Commonwealth Bridge was built to serve.

The Awards, presented at the LTL Summit in Tidworth on 26 September 2026, are sponsored by Commonwealth Bridge (www.CommonwealthBridge.com), the “Voted, Vetted, Verified” trade platform connecting British and Commonwealth SMEs. Every ,member on Commonwealth Bridge is voted, vetted, and verified by Commonwealth military personnel and veterans in the UK — the same trust pipeline this year’s winners represent in person, across three programmes: the Lord Lieutenant Awards, the LTL Awards, and the LTL Accelerator Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship.

The LTL Summit celebrate Commonwealth veterans, service personnel, military spouses, and community organisations who have gone above and beyond since leaving service — the clearest expression yet of Commonwealth Military in Business: service, turned into enterprise and community leadership. The Summit also host the LTL Awards. The theme for the 3rd edition was: Belong, Beyond, Boundaries.

• Calvin Bailey MBE MP — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Minister for Veterans and People, Ministry of Defence

• Polly Miller-Perkins CBE — Armed Forces Commissioner

• E. Jovilisi Suveinakama — High Commissioner of the Republic of Fiji

• Martin Levermore MBE DL — OP: BELONGING

• Reverend Clive Foster MBE — Windrush Commissioner (Online)

• Cllr Carole Webb — Mayoress of Tidworth Town Council

• Cllr Laura Knight — Mayoress of Amesbury Town Council

Winners across the Lord Lieutenant Awards, the LTL Awards & the LTL Accelerator graduation sponsored by Commonwealth Bridge, at the LTL Summit at Tidworth

The West Midlands Lord Lieutenant Awards

The winners for the LTL Awards 2026 have been announced — recognising Commonwealth military personnel, veterans, military spouses, entrepreneurs, and community organisations from across the UK, Fiji, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Mauritius. The Awards are sponsored by Commonwealth Bridge, the “Voted, Vetted, Verified” trade platform for British and Commonwealth SMEs, and will be presented at the LTL Summit in Tidworth on 26 September 2026.
This year’s finalists span three award programmes: the Lord Lieutenant Awards, recognising service to the community, and the LTL Awards, celebrating those who have gone above and beyond since leaving service — across service, veteranship, enterprise, military family life, community leadership, and Commonwealth support and those who completed the LTL Accelerator Post graduate Diploma in entrepreneurship.

WO2 Basil Joe Seeto Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Fiji)

  SSgt Joe Navoka Royal Corps of Signals (Fiji)  

SSgt Phillipson Peltier Royal Army Physical Training Corps (Fiji)

Sgt Paulo Makavu Royal Artillery (Fiji)

LCpl Aferna Gibbs The King’s Royal Hussars (St Vincent)

CSgt Niko Lovobalavu (Retd) (Fiji)

Military Spouse  — Anoubha Gujadhur (Mauritius)

Together as a cohort they contributed to over £25,000 of value to the Walsall Community.

THE LTL AWARDS — ABOVE AND BEYOND

SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE YEAR

Presented by the Armed Forces Commissioner- Polly Miller-Perkins CBE, this award recognises citizens of the Commonwealth serving in the British Armed Forces who are actively raising standards in the UK & abroad.

Armed Forces Commissioner Polly Miller – Perkins CBE

W01 Ernest Abebe Tabi — Ghana, Sergeant Felipe Buatavatava — Fiji , ,Lance Corporal Marvric Sean-Pamphile — St Lucia, Captain Felix Louisy — St Lucia

VETERAN OF THE YEAR

Presented by the Minister of Veterans & People MOD, Calvin Bailey MBE, the Veterans of the Year award recognises those who, after their military careers, continue to serve in various capacities in the public, private, and 3rd sectors.

Speaking at the 3rd Edition of the LTL Summit, the Minister of Veteran & people, Calvin Bailey MBE, highlighted the importance of belonging for Commonwealth Soldiers & Veterans.

Seth Gyimah — Ghana, Josua Taubale — Fiji, Francois Lester — St Lucia, Tonika Stephenson — Guyana,

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Presented by the Mayoress of Amesbury, Cllr Laura Knight, this award looks at the entrepreneurial mindset of those in business and how they solve meaningful problems

Novu Akariva — Fiji, Sylvester Herman — St Lucia, Cemmus Stephens — St Vincent and the Grenadines , Varea Volaikisuva — Fiji

MILITARY SPOUSE OF THE YEAR

Presented by Clare Duncan from Home Office, the Military Spouse Award recognises the support of Commonwealth spouses who are also serving alongside their partners.

Lini Turova MBE —Fiji, Shantel Richardson — St Vincent and the Grenadines Fiji, Maria Ita Bakaniceva — Fiji

COMMUNITY AWARD OF THE YEAR

Presented by the Chair & Mayor of Tidworth, this award recognises organisations in the UK that actively support Commonwealth communities and families.

Trail the Blazer Fire Ministries, Living Grace Ministries, Simply Church

COMMONWEALTH SUPPORTER OF THE YEAR

Presented by the Armed Forces Commissioner, Polly Miller-Perkins CBE, this award looks at the support of individuals and organisations across the UK & the Commonwealth to those serving and retired.

Martin Levermore MBE DL, Shots Foundation, Sergeant Dale Evans

THE LEAVERS TO LEADERS ACCELERATOR— Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship

Presented by Samuel T. Reddy, Founder of Leavers to Leaders academy & Chair of Civil Military Relations UK & the Commonwealth, this post graduate award is for those who have successfully completed a 7 months intensive course on leadership & entrepreneurship at level 11 SQA, gaining 120 credits towards an MBA.

We may be coming from various part of the world, but ‘we are united by service’ ~ Samuel T. Reddy, Chair Civil Military Relations (UK & the Commonwealth)

Samuela Seru, Jovilisi Seru Turaga Sakiasi Sovanivalu Joel Richardson Sitiveni Uluiviti Rusiate Korobasaga, & Mervin Punthen

A ROOM THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

The winners were recognised before a line-up that lends the Awards — and Commonwealth Bridge itself — real institutional weight:

Their presence turned a finalist list into something with lasting proof value: not just an internal celebration, but a public marker — endorsed by government, diplomatic, military and civic leaders — of what Commonwealth veterans are building across the UK and the wider Commonwealth.

SPONSORED BY COMMONWEALTH BRIDGE

The LTL Awards are sponsored by Commonwealth Bridge (www.CommonwealthBridge.com), the membership platform connecting British and Commonwealth SMEs for trade and enterprise. Every listing on Commonwealth Bridge is voted, vetted, and verified by Commonwealth military personnel and veterans in the UK — the same trust pipeline this year’s finalists represent in person.

The celebration took place at the LTL Summit, Tidworth Civic Centre, on 26 September 2026, alongside the official launch of Commonwealth Bridge and the signing of the Armed Forces Covenant by 15 British and Commonwealth-owned businesses.