Not just for the UK. The EU suffers of a data sharing problem too. Generally, the academia, industry, government, or even just companies, are reluctant to share their data.

Even if they do make it available, they restrict it to "personal use" via their ToS. Which is VERY inhibiting for startups, inventors, professionals, hackers, hobbyists, and even other companies.

This is exactly the problem I identified and am looking to solve with my startup.