It has emerged that the popular Fulham based Aussie Man & Van business that operates a full removal service with a fleet of distinctive black and yellow vans went into Administration over the Christmas period.

The company was started by Brian Burgess in 2003 with a battered old van and is reported to employ more than 100 staff.

Rumours began appearing on the websites of some of the company's competitors at the start of 2012 disconnecting them from Aussie Man & Van Limited.  It has since been confirmed by Companies House, an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) that the company is in Administration. Records state that the Aussie Man & Van Limited (Company Number 05144574) with its registered office at Mount Manor House, Guildford, Surrey; a member of the Aussie Group of businesses was dissolved on 1 November 2011.

The appointment of Joint Administrators has been reported by The London Gazette, a journal of record of the British government that amongst other information reports company insolvencies. The issue of Thursday 5 January, 2012 states that the High Court of Justice (no 11187 of 2011) had appointed Administrators on 23 December, 2011 to deal with the affairs of the Aussie Group Limited (Company Number 05534109) whose nature of business is 'removals'. 

Jason Daniel Baker and Geoffrey Paul Rowley both of FRP Advisory LLP of 10 Furnival Street, London EC4A 1YH have been appointed as Joint Administrators according to The London Gazette. 

In a telephone call made to Aussie Man & Van Ltd on 19 January, a spokesman for the company, who did not wish to be named, confirmed that the company had gone into Administration on 23 December but was still trading. He said that "... it is hoped business will get back to normal in a week or two after things have been sorted out but the business is definitely still working". Brian Burgess, the company's founder and chairman, was not available for comment.