By Rupert Phelps, partner for family office services, Smith & Williamson Investment Management

Looking out of my study window this morning to sunny, silent Gloucestershire, I thought back to a time when ‘WFH’ was not a universally understood acronym.

Just in case I am exaggerating and there are a few souls reading this who are scratching their heads, I have never ‘worked from home’ before in any meaningful way. It has perhaps been two weeks since said acronym suddenly dominated our lives. Most readers must feel it seems a great deal long...