diff --git a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/models/Documentation.scala b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/models/Documentation.scala
index 9ec6e7bd..ecfa1f75 100644
--- a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/models/Documentation.scala
+++ b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/models/Documentation.scala
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ trait Documentation {
 
   lazy val isRestOrXmlApi = label == REST_API || label == XML_API
 
+  lazy val nameAsId = name.toLowerCase().replaceAll(" ", "-").replaceAll("[^a-z0-9-]", "")
 }
 
 object Documentation {
diff --git a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/views/include/documentGroups.scala.html b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/views/include/documentGroups.scala.html
index ce7f58c7..287cc45e 100644
--- a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/views/include/documentGroups.scala.html
+++ b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/views/include/documentGroups.scala.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 <tr class="govuk-table__row">
                     @if(index == 0) { <td class="govuk-table__cell api-group">@category.displayName</td> } else { <td class="govuk-table__cell"></td> }
                     <td class="govuk-table__cell">
-                        <a id="@document.name" class="govuk-link" href="@document.documentationUrl">@document.name</a>
+                        <a id="@document.nameAsId" class="govuk-link" href="@document.documentationUrl">@document.name</a>
                     </td>
                     <td class="govuk-table__cell">
                         <strong class="govuk-tag govuk-tag--@document.label.modifier">@document.label.displayName</strong>
diff --git a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/models/DocumentationSpec.scala b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/models/DocumentationSpec.scala
index ab556ed8..9d7c7871 100644
--- a/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/models/DocumentationSpec.scala
+++ b/test/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/models/DocumentationSpec.scala
@@ -363,19 +363,6 @@ class DocumentationSpec extends HmrcSpec {
 
       result shouldBe Map.empty
     }
-
-    def anApiDefinition(name: String, categories: Option[Seq[APICategory]] = None, isTestSupport: Option[Boolean] = None) =
-      APIDefinition("serviceName", name, "description", "context", None, isTestSupport, Seq(APIVersion("1.0", None, STABLE, Seq.empty)), categories)
-
-    def anXmlApiDefinition(name: String, categories: Option[Seq[APICategory]] = None) =
-      XmlApiDocumentation(name, "description", "context", categories)
-
-    def aServiceGuide(name: String, categories: Option[Seq[APICategory]] = None) =
-      ServiceGuide(name, "context", categories)
-
-    def aRoadMap(name: String, categories: Option[Seq[APICategory]] = None) =
-      RoadMap(name, "context", categories)
-
   }
 
   "decoratedUriPattern" should {
@@ -403,4 +390,33 @@ class DocumentationSpec extends HmrcSpec {
       Endpoint("Get Today's Date", uriPattern, HttpMethod.GET, parameters)
     }
   }
+
+  "nameAsId" should {
+    "swap spaces for hyphens and lower case" in {
+      val api1        = anApiDefinition("Hello World")
+      api1.nameAsId shouldBe "hello-world"
+    }
+
+    "remove brackets" in {
+      val api1        = anApiDefinition("Income Tax (MTD) end-to-end service guide")
+      api1.nameAsId shouldBe "income-tax-mtd-end-to-end-service-guide"
+    }
+
+    "remove any other chars" in {
+      val api1        = anApiDefinition("Income Tax (MTD):+{}=#@£!& [end-to-end service guide]")
+      api1.nameAsId shouldBe "income-tax-mtd-end-to-end-service-guide"
+    }
+  }
+
+  def anApiDefinition(name: String, categories: Option[Seq[APICategory]] = None, isTestSupport: Option[Boolean] = None) =
+    APIDefinition("serviceName", name, "description", "context", None, isTestSupport, Seq(APIVersion("1.0", None, STABLE, Seq.empty)), categories)
+
+  def anXmlApiDefinition(name: String, categories: Option[Seq[APICategory]] = None) =
+    XmlApiDocumentation(name, "description", "context", categories)
+
+  def aServiceGuide(name: String, categories: Option[Seq[APICategory]] = None) =
+    ServiceGuide(name, "context", categories)
+
+  def aRoadMap(name: String, categories: Option[Seq[APICategory]] = None) =
+    RoadMap(name, "context", categories)
 }