Most large fleet operators fund licence training and also pay for the Dcpc, Adr, and fork lift training.
Apprentice schemes available .
Don’t listen to your parents, make your own mind up.
Google DVSA new decisions/applications pages .
It lists addreses of small to large hauliers in your area, then visit them personally.
Do not email, phone or write to them to apply for jobs as they never reply.
Drivers get a job by showing up when a driver didn’t show up for work.
Go to the Gregory Distribution website, loads of driving jobs all over the UK.
Relocation for the right job is viable.
If tramping all week, no need to move, as drive to the yard Sunday, sleep in cab, then if an early start Monday, you are ready to go.