Not true, I'm 15 and have a great well paid job at the local site where I train.no offence mate but until you hit 16 your unlikely to get a job anywhere due to insurance purposes. The only way you can get a job otherwise is if you find a place where they pay cash in hand.
I'm 15 - 16 at the end of august and i havn't been able to find anyone who will employ under 16's apart from to do some odd temporary work if anyone needed it.
the fact is you'll struggle so unless you know someone willing to employ you and pay cash in hand then i wouldn't discourage merely doing something like a paper round.
ahh the old we will ring you speach whenever we say that to lads who come lookin for work it means they havent got it. It's the same wherever you go if they say they will ring you if they need you it meens 9 times out of 10 that you havent got the jobasked at the supermarket if you have eny jobs ages ago and they said ok will ring ya if we need enyone and i havent had a ring on my phone...