DEFINITELY a broker mate. Don’t click the wrong part of their training page or you’ll end up being a beauty therapist instead of a lorry driver! 
Avoid!!!
Nobody gives you a guaranteed job, Stobart does offer an interview that’s yours to throw away and they do C & C+E but they won’t do C only.
Knights of Olde do an apprentice program, Downton might too (but I can’t find the link on their site any more). I don’t know any others beyond that.
As for getting interviews lined up after you’ve got your licence, it’s like any other qualification and job - get qualified then slog away on the web/phone/person until some company relents and gives you a start.