Business is doing nicely, thank you, while workers get steadily poorer

With prices soaring but wage rises still well below inflation, employees in the UK are getting the rawest deal in Europe

Signs that corporate Britain is winning the inflation war can be found wherever you look.

Gaze beyond the ailing independent retailers and small-scale manufacturers that dominate TV and radio news coverage to the sales and profits of our largest businesses, where robust performance is the norm and promises of bumper shareholder payouts are being kept.