Storing HTML: HTML entities being rendered in that raw form

Hi all,

I have stored HTML in a text field that I subsequently render on the
web. However when I retrieve and render this data on the web I am
getting the entities being rendered in their raw form, ie, instead of
getting the '&' symbol when '&' is stored I'm getting the 'raw'
'&'.

I would be grateful if anyone can point out how I can get around this.

Best