Three ways to beat inflation

With inflation in Britain so high, anyone with cash in the bank is seeing its real value eroded at a painful rate. But there are ways savers can get an inflation-busting return. Here, Tim Bennett outlines three.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) wants your money. And lots of investors want protection from inflation. So the latest inflation-linked retail bond launched by RBS on the London Stock Exchange (ISIN GB00B3YYW134) looks like a match made in heaven. But is it really as good as it looks at first glance?

Why inflation is still a worry

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Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.

He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.