diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DisplayText.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DisplayText.cs
index 8ff51201..111f997e 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DisplayText.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DisplayText.cs
@@ -604,8 +604,11 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			{
 				if (!EndsRtfCommand(newvalue, spindx, lstindx))
 				{
-					newvalue = newvalue.Remove(spindx, 1);
-					newvalue = newvalue.Insert(spindx, @"\u160?");
+					if (!SpaceBetweenLetters(newvalue, spindx)) // only replace a space with a hard space if the character before or after is a number  B2016-144
+					{
+						newvalue = newvalue.Remove(spindx, 1);
+						newvalue = newvalue.Insert(spindx, @"\u160?");
+					}
 				}
 				lstindx = spindx;
 				spindx = (spindx + 1 >= newvalue.Length)?spindx = -1: newvalue.IndexOf(" ", spindx+1);
@@ -613,6 +616,18 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 			return newvalue;
 		}
 
+		private bool SpaceBetweenLetters(string newvalue, int spindx)
+		{
+			if (spindx > 0 && spindx < newvalue.Length)
+			{
+				char cb = newvalue[spindx - 1];
+				char ca = newvalue[spindx + 1];
+				if (char.IsLetter(cb) && char.IsLetter(ca))
+					return true;
+			}
+			return false;	
+		}
+
 		private bool EndsRtfCommand(string str, int spindx, int previndx)
 		{
 			// get text from last space to current, or from beginning of string to current: