When Keri-Ann Salmon, client relations manager at JN Bank Small Business Loans - Region 4, first met an aspiring entrepreneur in Manchester about 18 years ago, the businesswoman was operating a modest grocery shop with stock valued at approximately $50,000.Salmon encouraged the businesswoman to purchase goods in bulk to keep her shelves stocked and to respond to customers’ requests by carrying the products they wanted. The advice, along with access to financing through JN Bank Small Business Loans, proved transformative.