My suggestion hinges on a secured loan, so the Government would have assets to seize in the event of a default and gets its money back if not.
It’s interesting that the German Government lent money to Condor, the German subsidiary of Thomas Cook Airlines.
Incidentally, Brexit may not be the only reason that the company went bust, but as with so many other cases, I’d bet that without Brexit, it wouldn’t have gone under just yet.
It was the same with Woolworths - the financial crisis finished them off.