Your money, your choices: could investing be a better option than saving?

Despite recent small increases, interest rates on the whole look set to remain low – so are there better options at hand to simply holding on to your cash?When interest rates are at low levels, it can be difficult to see the point of saving, particularly when inflation remains the higher figure. Although the Bank of England nudged up the basic rate to 0.75% last year, it was just the second rise in over a decade.For some, moving away from the world of savings into a new world of investing