This does only apply to people using their bank in japan to fund their account (
https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000427883).
But not from outside of japan.
But nonetheless, kraken does not offer GBP withdrawals unfortunately. EUR wire withdrawals are available for a fee of 0.09 .
Ah, I missed that bit about Japan.
It's always been a problem in the UK that the exchanges can't get a local bank account because of the regulators clamping down on the banks. It'll be interesting to see how it goes with Coinbase as they roll it out. I usually have a look around every few months for new options but I've always ended up going back to LocalBitcoins because it is the best deal for any trade in the few hundred pounds range.