Next update…
Sunday 8th November 2026 at 9pm
Website Rebuild
The current update: 5th October 2026 is included below. please recall that there is a lot of work being progressed offsit at the maintenance + renovation and preparation for sale of Unique Property Syndicate assets. So the pool of 90 volunteer-hours from the core group whilst this Unique Property Syndicate website is being rebuilt.
Crucially, since its birth in 1986, our publication, “Unique Property Bulletin” had grown from 300 to 3,000 through to the end of the 1990s and that was manageable.
Even the increase to 30,000 readers after this paper version went online in 2012 was manageable…
^^ The Paper Version Before Going Online In 2012 ^^
Then we went from monthly, to fortnightly and that was fune too.
But in September 2025 we thought it a good idea to go DAILY online.
To the surprise of our 11 volunteer crew, the readership numbers went from: 30,000 to 300,000 and are now hurtling past 3,000,000 (one of the reasons we have gone from daily to every second day):-
This is, thankfully all going to plan and is good news for both Unique Property Bulletin Ltd shareholders, and Unique Property Syndicate shareholders (official name: “Unique Property Business Angel Group Ltd”).
We trust that members and shareholders will understand the extra volunteer-time that moderating social media forums which contain comments from significant numbers of our 1,100,000 readers a month bring.
This next (8th November) update is pending Russ McLean being back functioning on at least 3 of his 4 metaphorical cylinders. Legal have recommended that key directors continue full disclosure.
Given the fact that a very decent number of shareholders have asked if Dino~Sore~Russ is alright, our legal beagle has indicated it is kind to reassure friends, and important to ensure shareholders are reassured by as transparent an advisory as is permissible given medic-legal ethics, privacy and data protection. Hence including this advisory:-
Russ is expected to maintain his duties and the medical procedures whilst confidential, are stated as not being life threatening (apart from blood thinner matters).
The backup crew here are limited in what can be disclosed. But we can repeat previous documents that have been part of the process reporting on buildings and renovation conditions (as well as key personnel). So here is our effort for any member concerned about the MDs absence…
For shareholders who joined after 2nd May 2019, you may not be so familiar with the earlier “full disclosure” hiccup relating to “director’s fitness for office” documentation already on this UPD and UPB members’ website. More details were disclosed than should have been …
This Document Was Released & Is Related To The Managing Director’s Stroke
The consultant neurologist termed it as being hit in the head by a 5,000 ton car ferry, in her dark sense of Glasgow humour…
What was not noticed at that time by our redaction person, caused some concern given the circumstances that matters are still covered by miscreants dealt with in a previous career. The part that was not redacted and given the way the internet works, can not be redacted once let out of the literal website bottle is: “Patient also has history of gunshot trauma.” One of the crew said a suitably appropriate “Oooops” at not redacting the propensity of our MD to attract small, but painfully acquired lumps of lead!
So on the theme of “full disclosure”, the days Russ is off just now are for medical procedures relating to what might be termed “shrapnel.” Remedy: Here.
In relation to fitness as a director, our legal beagle has looked at the documents and she advises…
Russ has had one piece of lead “shrapnel” in his body for almost exactly 40 years and the other GSW residual lead for longer than that. The original surgeon from the 1980s viewed it “safer” to leave the lead in situ.
More recent research is revisiting that medical opinion of the 1980s.
In particular due the volume of lead, as there were two sets of lead “shrapnel” from two GSW incidents. Concerns about whether it is medically advisable to now remove either main lead projectile and extra bits, or given the old fella is 67 years of age, and on blood-thinners, to just leave the “9 grams of lead” clusters where they have been resident for four decades.
This is a very unusual thing to include.
But when our shareholders ask a question, it is Unique Property Syndicate and Unique Property Bulletin policy to provide as clear and accurate answer as possible.
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September 2026 Update
The majority of volunteer resources being focussed on completing all UPS buildings… and readying each for resale and conclusion of the current total of £2,053,838 buildings owned by the 11 unique property syndicates at this time.
For example, our full planning permission at the Sannox syndicates…
^^ Sannox Hotel Syndicate on The Island of Arran ^^
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^^ Sannox Hotel Syndicate on The Island of Arran ^^
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The planning permission was prepared by the best architect in this part of the country and, remarkably, granted fully, by what has turned out to be one of the finest local authorities with whom we have liaised with in the entire UK… North Ayrshire Council.
Why?
Because all the permissions for which we asked were granted.
This was also helped, due to an unusual matter in that the “delegated powers” planning permission officer drew significant comfort in the 101 local folk who supported the renovation and re-opening proposal of Sannox Hotel plus newbuild Village Shop via audited (real) comments on our social media account (click here).
We had never heard of a planning officer taking comfort and giving gravitas to (audited and legitimate) comments that were delivered electronically via a planning permission applicants website (here).
But here is the proof, and an excellent permission it is…
^^ Planning Permission Approval ^^
^^ Sannox Hotel Syndicate on The Island of Arran ^^
For our valiant and incredibly patient shareholders in the Sannox syndicates, it may be of some comfort to actually see what the chaos caused at the main Isle of Arran ferry route being plagued by the newbuild MV Glen Sannox scandal (click here) looks like… as the folk who cannot get booked on the MAIN ferry between the island’s Bridick ferry terminal to/from the mainland, all head up to the much smaller “back door ferry” just past the Sannox Hotel at Lochranza (both on the island of Arran).
In all my life, and I come from Arran, I have never seen queues like this for the north-end Lochranza ~to~ Claonaig ferry service.
The crew are doing their very best… and in conditions that are more difficult than many folk realise. One example in recent memory is when the crew for each CalMac ferry route turned up to their post on each ferry when Covid was at its most lethal.
It is sometimes forgotten, that the officers and crew of each CalMac ferry, on each route that the ferry company operates, risked their own lives to make sure ill and/or disabled islanders managed to get to hospital appointments. Whilst all other islanders in “lockdown” managed to get food and essentials brought from the mainland to the islands ~ thanks to the unsung heroic efforts of CalMac Crew.
I know that many islanders, myself included, will NEVER forget the risks CalMac crew took in keeping us fed and making sure those islanders that needed to attend hospital appointments on the mainland were helped to do just that. Thank you CalMac Crew.
Current Autumn 2026 Crew Manage To Keep,The Service Going
Fortunately, there is a solution…
Commence a third ferry route from and to the island and mainland between Campbeltown (mainland Argyll) and Blackwaterfoot (on the island if Arran)
The ships are available and there is a £3,000,000 ferry terminal laying unused at Campbeltown Harbour.
^^ Proposed New Ferry Route ^^
In fact NOT new, but ostensibly REPLACES the notoriously challenged
Campbeltown (Argyll) ~to~ Ardrossan Route: Click Here
All that is needed is a vote or more likely a petition on the island of Arran and Argyll to support the newbuild of a ferry slipway just south of Blackwaterfoot village (on Arran) in a way that does not overly disturb or disrupt the village of Blackwaterfoot.
For sure, the local residents and definitely the islanders, depend on the Lochranza ferry route as can be seen in the video.
So a tertiary safety backup that simply uses assets that already exist and unused seems like a very good way to lessen the financial harm being sustained at Arran, Ardrossan and Argyll.
A win~win~win.
We are BUILDING a website to LAUNCH this tertiary ferry route. Ig is NOT yet ready, but will be soon, along with a way to electronically sign a government hosted petition.
Just Google two words..
CalMac Enigma
or for speed…
Click Here.
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We Are Considering Full FCA Application & Regulation
This Will Give Another Exit Route Option
Today, 25th September 2026 and I am still off for a few more days getting over a difficult medical event. But had one of our wonderful shareholders on the phone this morning. So need to clarify some important things for the benefit of our incredibly patient UPS members. All of whom have kept the faith through the pandemic and ferry crisis. With a side order of HM Land Registry’s 100,000 backlog and Companies House IT implosion.
Sannox Hotel A Couple of Weeks Ago Progress Is Still Slow,
But Inexorably Headed To Completion of Planning Permission Works
1]. I am still here. Not croaked it yet. Though the hours have been medically curtailed. In fairness, the doc., was right to have a canaptic fit when she saw the post-stroke and blood-pressure diary. At 67 years old in less than Olympic health, it is not sensible to keep pushing the 14 hour days… The added effort of our social media now hitting 3,600,000 a month is great, but good grief it is a full time job for 3 people, not an old geezer with an ipad!
2]. All of our buildings are fully insured and secure. All are maintained. Large amounts of funds are being drawn down from the directors reserves so that we do NOT need to issue a cash-call to finish the projects that are still at the 80% to 90% completion of planning permission mark.
3]. The retirement I have been told to take, by the magnificent consultant neurosurgeon, is partial (and medically managed). That retirement will only happen in full, when we have ALL the current spectrum of UPS buildings sold. Fortunately, we have had three senior UPS volunteers (very kindly) double their hours, due to the vast increase in readership over at Unique Property Bulletin.
4]. If/when I croak it, our other main company director David Rutherford has been volunteering at UPS for 23 years and with the experience he has gained. he knows what to do to complete the current property purchase/renovation/resale journey. Especially so all shareholders/members have the much desired exit-routes.
5]. The passwords on many pages here have been changed to unobtainable until we get each page checked (there are some very tight rules surrounding FCA and plc conversion).
6]. Each page requires to be made compliant with FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) regulations.
7]. The reason is our significant growth in readership, to over one million has many new folk wanting to join Unique Property Syndicates.
8]. We cannot, or rather the directors here are not keen to do that without the full and proper FCA licensing protocol. Yes we can follow the “exemptions” route via HNW and Sophisticated Investor statutorily defined pro forma. But that isn’t the proper front-door way of doing this.
So we are rebuilding this website in order that it will pass all of the FCA compliance regs., in a proper and fully legal way that is morally correct as well as being on the right side of the law with the financial regs too.
Why Rebuild The Website?
9]. If and/or when we go public (plc) on share issue (via FCA compliance)… at that point an ancillary benefit is that our existing 107 x UPS shareholders (you) will be legally enabled to sell your UPS shares on the public market. Or buy more shares in whichever project has your liking.
Any questions, please feel free to text, WhatsApp or phone Davis, Russ or and of the UPS-HQ crew…
1,145 pages of updates and syndicate news + buildings from the past 32 years (14 online) are a lot to process…
But this effort is well worth it… if we are able to legally and properly ensure new UPS members can join UPS.
Whilst those UPS shareholders looking to retire, have an option to publicly sell their shares for a mutually agreeable price between buyer and seller.
The difference now, as contrasted with our 1997 ~ 2007 era as a “plc” (public limited company) phase is back then the internet was in its infancy and social medial was just finding its feet.
Launching a public share issue via press release and a fax machine in the 1990s was incredibly difficult.
Now, in 2026, especially with the vast increase in interest that our main website attracts, everything has changed.
Remarkably in our case, with some good news at last…
With genuine irony, had to stabilise the accelerated increase in the vastly increasing numbers by publishing a Unique Property Bulletin edition every alternate/second day instead of every-single-day because burn-out of our volunteers was a distinct possibility and it is looking like a stabilised…
3 million to 3.5 million views every 28 days
This should be more than an adequate as a sample size
to test the new YouTube channel.
With these numbers, the YouTube experiment can go ahead with confidence.
Plus the consideration of a well presented public (plc) share issue is worth the regulatory cost and effort.
Especially as this gives those UPS shareholders who are ready to retire, and sell their share an opportunity to so do.
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A plc share issue will also help in many of our core aims as itemised by our book-keeper in her latest audit….
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A Decent Measure of Good News
Crucially the social media regular update for the publicly accessible main site is sitting at a very healthy…
3,500,000 Views Per Month
We trust that the reasons these numbers are very helpful for shareholders is self evident. Full clarification will be included in our next UPS News update.
The actual social~media page that has brought a consequential change, can be seen at…
Unique Property Bulletin
Our Main Social Media Page
Click Here
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At around 7pm on 23rd September 2026, Russ McLean was taken unwell. We are unable to advise how serious this is at the moment.
He had managed to complete about 80% of the Unique Property Syndicate News scheduled for upload on 24th September 2026.
Due to doctors orders that will not now happen.
This is frustrating as it contains good news.
Fortunately, Russ has taught some of the 11 crew here how to work this page of the website for just such medical events.
Consequently, and depending on whether the apprentices here can work the business-end of this website, the next Unique Property Syndicate News is scheduled for…
9.00pm on 5th October 2026
Then…
9.00pm on 8th November 2026
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