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Super-prime specialist Beauchamp to open a second French outpost
Top-end estate agency Beauchamp is re-opening its London and international offices after Coronavirus lockdowns, and has ranked the "detail and quantity of procedures" for Covid-19 safeguarding in each of its country locations: Israel is the most "comprehensive and stringent", followed by Greece then France. The UK and USA currently offer relatively less in the way of guidance and/or regulation.
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