FTS is an award-winning public affairs and public relations firm headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. Clients trust us to navigate high-stakes issues, build credibility, and achieve meaningful results.
With more than 50 years of combined experience across politics, government, and corporate communications, our team delivers strategic counsel and tailored execution that advance each client's objectives and position them for success.
Most public affairs firms are built out of agencies. We were built out of campaigns.
That difference shows up in how we work. Campaigns force a particular discipline: a fixed deadline you cannot negotiate, an opponent actively working against you, a defined universe of people whose decision is the only one that counts, and a result that is either a win or a loss. There is no partial credit.
We approach a regulatory fight, a merger approval, or a legislative session the same way. Define what winning looks like. Identify precisely who decides it. Test the message before it goes public. Build the coalition that carries it. Execute on a timeline and measure whether it moved.
It is a method, not a résumé. It is why clients facing a genuinely contested outcome call us.
Most public affairs firms are built out of agencies. We were built out of campaigns.
That difference shows up in how we work. Campaigns force a particular discipline: a fixed deadline you cannot negotiate, an opponent actively working against you, a defined universe of people whose decision is the only one that counts, and a result that is either a win or a loss. There is no partial credit.
We approach a regulatory fight, a merger approval, or a legislative session the same way. Define what winning looks like. Identify precisely who decides it. Test the message before it goes public. Build the coalition that carries it. Execute on a timeline and measure whether it moved.
It is a method, not a résumé. It is why clients facing a genuinely contested outcome call us.
From shaping the environment to building support and navigating opposition, we help clients turn strategy into results.
From shaping the environment to building support and navigating opposition, we help clients turn strategy into results.
Strategic counsel for a nuclear-focused economic development consulting firm
Public relations for a $1 billion economic development and revitalization project
Successful passage of the state's Electricity Market Reform Measures Study Committee of 2021
Successful passage of the landmark South Carolina Energy Freedom Act of 2019
Establishment of the South Carolina Energy Caucus to advance renewable energy policy solutions in 2017
