Cornwall Council announced yesterday that its contract with BT Cornwall has been formally terminated, after the latter decided against appealing the High Court’s decision to end the deal.

BT Cornwall had lost an injunction back in December to prevent the council from ending the 10-year contract. The High Court granted Cornwall council the right to severe ties with the telecoms company, after BT reportedly failed to meet performance targets, one of which was to increase job levels.

The deal saw BT Cornwall running ICT and back office services, and involved 270 employees dealing with HR services, ICT, despatch, printing and telecare.

According to the council’s press release, “Work has been taking place to ensure that this process takes place as smoothly as possible and all services will be maintained. We are continuing to hold discussions with BT Cornwall over the payment of costs and the level of damages we will receive.”

For weekly news updates, subscribe to our email newsletter.

Related: High Court allows Cornwall Council to terminate £160m BT contract