I don't think it matters, GDP has the strongest currency value. At this current time England are way off bitcoin or any alternative currencies. But when it blows up it will blow up strong.

UK's loose regulation, despite Coinfloor's snail pace attempts to do Anti-money laundering, is supposed to encourage micro transaction startups.

Your problem seems to be the banks and may require reporting to the EU Competition Commission...

"A cartel is a group of similar, independent companies which join together to fix prices, to limit production or to share markets or customers between them."

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/cartels/overview/index_en.html