January 9, 2014 Updated Jan 10, 2014 at 10:47 AM EST

Town of Union, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A local bakery got a makeover thanks to the TLC hit show Bakery Boss. The bakery got a new look with the deal, which gave five Southern Tier contractors national exposure and a serious deadline.

It's been less than a week since Baked Euphoria in Endwell got their shot at national fame, and they're already feeling the effects.

"Since the show aired has been absolutely crazy, the numbers have been through the roof," said owner of Baked Euphoria Bonni Stacconi Phelps.

On top of being on the show and learning from Cake Boss chef Buddy Valastro, they also got a top notch, state of the art makeover with the help from five local contractors.

Welsh Restaurant Equipment, Endwell Rug, Richard J Woloszeyn Painting, Nelcorp Electrical, and Kurst Builders all lent a helping hand to the bakery.

All five contractors worked for 12 hours straight over night, to complete the work like painting, equipment and flooring installation. Contractors said under normal circumstances, the jobs would have taken much longer.

"Everybody is kinda helping everybody out, you kinda stop, you help them and get their stuff in," said Chris Welsh, owner of Welsh Restaurant Equipment.

The contractors donated some of their time and materials to the bakery.

"I would tell them, thank you very much for putting in all that time and effort," Stacconi Phelps said.

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Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) January 10, 2014

When Justin and Michele Engelbach traveled to Japan, they were impressed by the countries focus on customer service. So when they decided to open their own business here in the States, they knew it would have to be something that would involve the same philosophy of customer service.

Thats why they decided to open Fresh Coat of Santa Barbara.

The approach to customer service in Japan just blew us away. From the minute you request a service, or walk into a store or restaurant, everything is always centered on the customer. Having been involved in construction management for the past 10 years, we researched trade industries that notoriously struggle with customer service. It was through our research that we noticed a large separation between painting contractors and the quality customer we were accustom to. The Fresh Coat franchise had the customer service values we were looking for, so we saw it as a perfect opportunity to marry our management experience with our service expectations we wanted to provide, Justin said.

Fresh Coat offers residential and commercial painting services including interior and exterior painting, wood staining and finishing, wallpaper and popcorn ceiling removal and other services for nearly every protective coating application. They use quality, environmentally safe materials and offer a live 24/7 customer service center, online scheduling and free detailed quotes. Fresh Coat of Santa Barbara serves Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

Fresh Coat also offers a 3-3-3 pledge, which means calls will be answered by a live individual in three minutes, a quote will be delivered in three days (customer schedule permitting) and the job can be started within three weeks.

We are committed to providing high-quality work at an affordable price, both of which are channeled through our own customer service expectations, Justin said.

Justin and Michele have three younger kids and are looking forward to getting more involved in the Santa Barbara and Ventura communities. It is important to us to become active within our community for many purposes this will provide us an opportunity to listen to people, learn from their life endeavors, and create a broader sense of community, Justin said.

Fresh Coat was founded in 2004 as part of Strategic Franchising Systems. In the last year, Fresh Coat has been included in the Bonds Top 100 and named to Entrepreneur Magazines Franchise 500 list. Fresh Coat also is part of the International Franchise Association, the Small Business Associations Franchise Registry, VetFran and Minority Fran.

To learn more about what Fresh Coat of Santa Barbara can do for your home or business, call (805)394-4021 or visit http://www.freshcoatsantabarbara.com/.

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Charlotte, North Carolina (PRWEB) January 09, 2014

A&K Painting Company is proud to announce that 2014 marks its 20th anniversary. Founded in 1994 by Andy Robbins, CEO, A&K Painting is a national award winning commercial and industrial painting contractor with headquarters in Charlotte, NC and is known for exceptional customer service.

"Twenty years marks a significant milestone for A&K. After a rather humble beginning, over the last 20 years, A&K has established itself as a high performance business. We're proud to reach our 20th year in business and are very thankful for our clients and employees. Our company is built upon a foundation of relationships. What clearly separates us from the competition is our focus on developing and maintaining trust, which is critical to cultivating successful relationships. We pay close attention to being a great team member our client can rely on," said Andy Robbins.

Through the years, the careful growth of the business has been significant. Today, the A&K Painting Team operates from a 5,000 square foot offices and a 10,500 square foot Operations Training Showroom, which houses the operations warehouse, employee and client training facility and a designer showroom displaying hundreds of full size samples of paint finishes, wallcovering and decorative finishes. Additionally, A&K developed and powers their project management with JobNet, a proprietary, state-of-the-art quality control, cloud-based project management system that provides easy access to all project information for all A&K clients.

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A&K Painting Company is a total service commercial and industrial painting company headquartered in Charlotte, NC. Through project leadership, knowledgeable and passionate employees and proven project and operational management systems, A&K Painting Co. delivers exceptional customer service and award winning safety management that makes our customers projects more successful.

Founded in 1994, A&K Painting Company services general contractors, industrial facilities, commercial property management, national accounts, facility maintenance, healthcare, education and manufacturing projects throughout the east coast of the United States.

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State Department spending of $630,000 to generate more Facebook likes drew national criticism when it was revealed last year.

Recently released government contract solicitation data reveals more about the department's social media strategy, but still falls short of painting a complete picture of its spending.

Instead, the solicitations highlight the lack of transparency in the department's contracting data.

The solicitations, which were originally posted on the federal contracting database FedBizOpps.gov, show the department's efforts to use social media to promote its image overseas and track international conversations on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.

Most of the solicitations are for Facebook advertisements, promotional materials and marketing for U.S. embassy pages. But because of major gaps in the available data, there's not much more information.

The solicitations were obtained by the Sunlight Foundation through a Freedom of Information Act request as part of a database of 13 years of federal contract information.

For instance, a search of the the data provided to Sunlight doesn't show the awards associated with the solicitations.

Unless the award for a particular solicitation can be tracked down elsewhere, information on the price tag and the contractor given the job aren't readily available.

Contract information on USASpending.gov, another federal spending database, illustrates why the lack of information can be problematic.

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A long-running billing dispute between the CEO of Pittsburgh insurer Highmark Inc. and the general contractor that remodeled his $2.7 million mansion in Sewickley Heights could be coming to a resolution in the next few weeks.

William Winkenwerder Jr. has been sued by contractor Mark A. LaBella, president of Century Interiors Inc. Mr. LaBella claims that Dr. Winkenwerder and his wife, Mary Pride, stiffed Century Interiors to the tune of $147,274, plus interest.

The total bill for the renovations was about $892,000.

The lawsuit claims the Winkenwerders made regular payments from August 2012, when the massive rehab began, to January 2013. But invoices submitted by the contractor between Jan. 25 and March 3, 2013, have gone unpaid.

The Winkenwerders are claiming that the contractors went overbudget without clearly authorized change orders, and that the final cost of the project was not included in the original contract proposal, a purported violation of the state's Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act.

But, according to Mr. LaBella's attorney, Francis McTiernan Jr. of Wayman, Irvin, & McAuley, the provision of a precise price estimate would have been impossible because the scope of the job and the materials included in the remodeling changed as the rehabilitation was carried out.

The civil complaint, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, says the Winkenwerders have yet to pay up for substantial carpentry and painting work, the installation of a security system, plumbing work, a new vanity mirror in the master bath, chandelier removal, improvements in the butler's pantry and flower-cutting room, and several jobs carried out by subcontractors.

Century Interiors filed a mechanic's lien in May, and filed the civil complaint in the same month. A conciliation conference has been scheduled between the two parties for Jan. 30, although that could be postponed. If the settlement talks are not fruitful, the litigation would proceed. The Winkenwerders are asking that the suit be tossed.

One of the Winkenwerders' attorneys, Matthew Burger of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, said, "We believe [the] plaintiff's claims are without merit, and have no further comment at this time."

Disputes between contractors and homeowners are common, Mr. McTiernan said, but this one is noteworthy because of the size of the tab and the residence. "You get into more craftsman-type work, the expenses build up very quickly," he said.

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