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    ConnectivityOctober 27, 2025

    From the UK Active Awards to Your Club: Is Your Connectivity Match-Fit?

    Chris Hunter
    Chris Hunter
    Founder, Connection Worx Group
    From the UK Active Awards to Your Club: Is Your Connectivity Match-Fit?

    A couple of months back, our CEO DJ'd at the prestigious UK Active Awards in Birmingham, an amazing evening celebrating the people and organisations shaping the future of fitness, leisure and physical activity across the UK.

    It was a room full of the industry's movers and shakers, and in conversations with operators on the night, one theme kept coming up: upcoming technology and connectivity challenges, including the PSTN switch-off and the growing need for resilient, always-on systems.

    With 18+ years in connectivity and comms, it made perfect sense to want to help. With most gyms these days employing connected equipment, solid, robust connectivity isn't just a nice to have. It's essential.

    Is Your Gym's Connectivity Match-Fit?

    When members want to get fit, they review their macros, nutrition and training plan.

    So here's the question: when was the last time you did the same for your gym's connectivity and comms?

    With the PSTN switch-off approaching, many gyms and leisure centres are still running critical systems on legacy phone lines and data connections, often without realising.

    That can include:

    • Alarms & panic buttons
    • Lift emergency phones
    • Access control & door entry
    • Fire & safety monitoring
    • EPOS & payment systems
    • CCTV & remote monitoring
    • Legacy broadband & backup lines

    Think of It Like Booking a PT for Your Tech

    A connectivity & estate review is like a PT session for your infrastructure:

    • Assess where you are now
    • Identify weak spots & hidden risks
    • Set goals for resilience & performance
    • Build a future-proof plan for IP & cloud
    • Reduce downtime & improve uptime

    Get Your Comms in Shape

    At Connection Worx, we offer a complimentary internet, phones & connectivity review for gyms and leisure operators, whether you run a single club or a multi-site estate. Even if you have phone systems, fibre connectivity, or dedicated internet for larger sites, we may be able to help add value, better speeds, and more for your money.

    • Get clear on what's connected.
    • Get ahead of the PSTN switch-off.
    • Build stronger, more resilient comms for a healthier digital future.

    Let's get your club match-fit

    Whether you run a single gym or a multi-site estate, a free connectivity review is the quickest way to find out what's at risk and what could work better. Get in touch and we'll take it from there.

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