What's the easiest way to buy, and hold VeriCoin in the UK?

Will the dynamic interest still come into play if I buy via somewhere like mintpal/cryptsy and keep it in there?
Buy bitcoin on
http://bittylicious.com and trade btc on mintpal/cryptsy/bittrex for vrc. You won't gain interest though if it's held in an exchange wallet, so withdraw and hold in your qt wallet.