Like many practices my firm is registered under the Exempt Professional Firm scheme.
It means we are on FCA register but the number is "ACCA nnnnnnnn"
Meta / Facebook wants a FCA registration number to allow adverts to continue to run.
However it only seems to recognise full FCA registrations not Exempt Professional Bodies.
Has anyone come across this / have a work around? Needless to say chat with a representative is proving painfully fruitless.
Amyway to make Facebook realise we are an accounting / tax practice and not an investment business?
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I wouldn't have any faith in Facebook's advertising system, and I would imagine there will be zero human element dealing with this.
After only a few very basic promoted posts on our page, the account was auto-flagged as restricted. After continued efforts trying to deal with the account review system, which failed because of a known-to-Facebook issue of 2-factor codes failing to send out, the account became permanently banned from posting ads after 30 days, with no further route to reinstate.
Robots - 0 : 1 - People
Word of mouth recommendations (in fact anything involving humans) will be more effective for professional services than any 'social networking' site!
I have encountered the same issue. However when I did previously pay for advertising on Facebook I found it to be a complete and utter waste of money, so wouldn't be in a hurry to use it again in any case.
For some background reading on Facebook, I can recommend "Chaos Monkeys" by Antonio Martinez.
Not long ago I got a warning from Facebook and a post removed due to me using 'hate speech' according to them. The 'hate speech' I'd quoted was originally spoken by Glenda Jackson on a Morecambe & Wise Christmas special. It was 'All men are fools, and what makes them so is having beauty like what I have got'. Try explaining that to a (American) robot..