Johnathan Dudley, head of manufacturing at Crowe UK, a company speaking to firms lower down the supply chain, told the BBC that while the loan would help, JLR had enough problems to deal with without trying to sort out getting money to the right parts of its supply chain.
He said it would have been better to get someone independent to administer it, “so that they could concentrate on getting up and running”.
“I’ve got a real concern they still don’t know who all their supply chain and the ancillary affected businesses are.”
Some businesses that were on the brink of collapse at the end of last week remained on the brink, “because the money isn’t out there”, he warned.
“There’s bills to pay at the end of this month,” Mr Dudley said.
Jan Jennings from the Black Country Chamber of Commerce said the chamber also had “considerable concerns” for the smaller businesses in the supply chain.
“They have taken a major hit in the past few weeks but we are confident that they are on the government’s agenda,” she said.
