FYI to everyone who can read this, the trusted advisors forum still exists for now, it's only the badges that have been removed.
Interesting. The other thread has been closed but I don't know if this was completely explained. So is the group, permissions and board remaing permanently? If so losing the tag is a bit easier to bare.
As far as I'm aware you have to like business pages from a personal account, unless Facebook has changed that setting in a recent update. So if you want to like other peoples pages you'll have to do it as Lee Price, that is of course if you have a personal profile. I may be wrong it might have changed.
I setup a separate user account to create the business page. Log in with this and as long as you set admin privilages you can like, add and use facebook as your business rather than your personal account.
I think its a must to have a facebook presence for your business. Take a look at mine Lee
www.Facebook.com/AllisterGage.Tiling